Applying scientific achievements to the detective departments activities in the Russian Empire
Issues of the scientific support to the police activities in the Russian Empire in the XIX - at the beginning of the XX centuries are examined. It is noted that the scientific achievements in this period were most efficiently applied in the detective departments to search for criminals. To this purpose, in Russia anthropometric methods, photographing, fingerprinting were successfully used. In order to classify the information about criminals and crimes and to train detective departments' officers, forensic science museums were formed. The system of the scientific support to the police activities created in the Russian Empire, to the detective departments in the first place, has played a significant role in organizing scientific support activities for the law enforcement bodies in the Soviet and modern Russian state.