Suspect identities : a history of criminal identification and fingerprinting /

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Author / Creator:Cole, Simon A., 1967-
Imprint:Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 2001.
Description:369 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4476929
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ISBN:0674004558 (alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: Jekylls and Hydes
  • 1. Impostors and Incorrigible Rogues
  • 2. Measuring the Criminal Body
  • 3. Native Prints
  • 4. Degenerate Fingerprints
  • 5. Fingerprinting Foreigners
  • 6. From Anthropometry to Dactyloscopy
  • 7. Bloody Fingerprints and Brazen Experts
  • 8. Dazzling Demonstrations and Easy Assumptions
  • 9. Identification at a Distance
  • 10. Digital Digits
  • 11. Fraud, Fabrication, and False Positives
  • 12. The Genetic Age
  • Epilogue: Bodily Identities
  • Notes
  • Credits
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index