Suspect identities : a history of fingerprinting and criminal identification /

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"Cole excavates the forgotten and hidden history of criminal identification--from photography to exotic anthropometric systems based on measuring body parts, from fingerprinting to DNA typing"--Jacket

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Cole, Simon A., 1967- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2002.
Edition:1st Harvard University Press pbk. ed.
Subjects:
Fingerprints > Identification.
Fingerprints > Classification.
Criminals > Identification.
Empreintes digitales > Identification.
Empreintes digitales > Classification.
Criminels > Identification.
LAW > Forensic Science.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
Criminals > Identification
Fingerprints
Fingerprints > Identification
Identificatie (algemeen)
Daders.
Criminalistiek.
Dactyloscopie.
Classification
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: Jekylls and Hydes
  • Imposters and incorrigible rogues
  • Measuring the criminal body
  • Native prints
  • Degenerate fingerprints
  • Fingerprinting foreigners
  • From anthropometry to dactyloscopy
  • Bloody fingerprints and brazen experts
  • Dazzling demonstrations and easy assumptions
  • Identification at a distance
  • Digital digits
  • Fraud, fabrication, and false positives
  • The genetic age
  • Epilogue: Bodily identities.

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