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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780973903321

Autore

Finn Jonathan M (Jonathan Mathew), <1972->

Titolo

Capturing the criminal image [[electronic resource] ] : from mug shot to surveillance society / / Jonathan Finn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, 2009

ISBN

0-8166-7054-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (188 p.)

Disciplina

363.25/8

Soggetti

Legal photography

Criminals

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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-biometrics, DNA analysis, digital imagery, and computer databases-similarly provide new ways for representing the criminal. Capturing the Criminal Image traces how the act of representing-and watching-is central to modern law enforcement. Jonathan Finn analyzes the development of police photography in th