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

• Autore: Finn Jonathan M (Jonathan Mathew), <1972->
• Pubblicazione: Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (188 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.25/8
• Soggetto topico: Legal photography; Criminals
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Capturing the criminal image
• ISBN: 0-8166-7054-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910809455003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II