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



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Autore: Finn Jonathan M (Jonathan Mathew), <1972-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Capturing the criminal image : from mug shot to surveillance society / / Jonathan Finn Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, 2009
Edizione: 1st ed.
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  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8166-7054-4
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910809455003321
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