Eugène François Vidocq (French pronunciation: [øʒɛn fʁɑ̃swa viˈdɔk) was a French criminal and criminalist whose life story inspired several writers, including Victor Hugo and Honoré de Balzac. A former crook who subsequently became the founder and first director of the crime-fighting Sûreté Nationale as well as the head of the first known private detective agency, he is today considered by historians to be the father of modern criminology and of the French police. He is also regarded as the first private detective.
Eugène-François Vidocq est un aventurier français, successivement délinquant, bagnard, indicateur puis policier et enfin détective privé. Forçat évadé du bagne, il devient chef de l'officieuse « brigade de sûreté » de la préfectureEugène François Vidocq (French pronunciation: [øʒɛn fʁɑ̃swa viˈdɔk) was a French criminal and criminalist whose life story inspired several writers, including Victor Hugo and Honoré de Balzac. A former crook who subsequently became the founder and first director of the crime-fighting Sûreté Nationale as well as the head of the first known private detective agency, he is today considered by historians to be the father of modern criminology and of the French police. He is also regarded as the first private detective.
Eugène-François Vidocq est un aventurier français, successivement délinquant, bagnard, indicateur puis policier et enfin détective privé. Forçat évadé du bagne, il devient chef de l'officieuse « brigade de sûreté » de la préfecture de police de Paris, puis fonde une agence de détectives privés....more
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