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Capturing the criminal image : from mug shot to surveillance society /

At the beginning of the twentieth century, criminals, both alleged and convicted, were routinely photographed and fingerprinted--and these visual representations of their criminal nature were archived for possible future use. At the beginning of the twenty-first century, a plethora of new tools--bio...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Finn, Jonathan, 1972- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis, Minn. : University of Minnesota Press, ©2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : constructing the criminal in North America
  • Picturing the criminal : photography and criminality in the nineteenth century
  • Photographing fingerprints : data, evidence, and latent identification
  • The control of inscriptions : standardizing DNA analysis
  • Potential criminality : the body in the digital archive
  • Visible criminality : data collection, border security, and public display.