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Josip (Juan) Vucetic (1858-1925), a criminologist
and anthropologist born on the island of Hvar, lived in Argentina.
He was one of the pioneers of the scientific dactyloscopy (identification
by fingerprints) and occupied the position of the director of
the Center for Dactiloscopy in Buenos Aires. His method of identification
was in use throughout South America. The police school in La Plata
is bearing his name: "Escuela de policia Juan Vucetic", as well
as the Argentinean Police museum. About 250,000 Croats live in
Argentina today. It is interesting that in 1933 the Croatian community
in Argentina collected about 50,000 signatures asking for the
right of the Croats to live in the free and independent state.
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