Suspect Identities : A History of Fingerprinting and Criminal Identification /

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"No two fingerprints are alike," or so it goes. For nearly a hundred years fingerprints have represented definitive proof of individual identity in our society. We trust them to tell us who committed a crime, whether a criminal record exists, and how to resolve questions of disputed identi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cole, Simon A. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2022]
Temas:
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • PROLOGUE Jekylls and Hydes
  • CHAPTER 1 Impostors and Incorrigible Rogues
  • CHAPTER 2 Measuring the Criminal Body
  • CHAPTER 3 Native Prints
  • CHAPTER 4 Degenerate Fingerprints
  • CHAPTER 5 Fingerprinting Foreigners
  • CHAPTER 6 From Anthropometry to Dactyloscopy
  • CHAPTER 7 Bloody Fingerprints and Brazen Experts
  • CHAPTER 8 Dazzling Demonstrations and Easy Assumptions
  • CHAPTER 9 Identification at a Distance
  • CHAPTER 10 Digital Digits
  • CHAPTER 11 Fraud, Fabrication, and False Positives
  • CHAPTER 12 The Genetic Age
  • EPILOGUE Bodily Identities
  • NOTES
  • Credits
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • Index

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