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Cole Simon A. <1967-> |
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Suspect identities [[electronic resource] ] : a history of fingerprinting and criminal identification / / Simon A. Cole |
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Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 2001 |
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1 online resource (369 p. ) : ill |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Originally published: 2001. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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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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As we rush headlong into the era of genetic identification, and as fingerprint errors are being exposed, this history uncovers the fascinating interplay of our elusive individuality, police and state power, and the quest for scientific certainty. |
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