Suspect Identities - A History of Fingerprinting and Criminal Identification

In an intriguing history that traverses the globe, Cole excavates the forgotten history of criminal identification--from photography to exotic anthropometric systems based on measuring body parts, from fingerprinting to DNA typing. He reveals how fingerprinting ultimately won the trust of the public and the law after a long battle against rival identification systems.

List 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

About the author

Simon A. Cole

Summary

Cole excavates the forgotten global history of criminal identification—from photography to exotic anthropometric systems based on measuring body parts, from fingerprinting to DNA typing. He reveals how fingerprinting ultimately won the trust of the public and the law after a long battle against rival identification systems.

Product details

• Authors: Simon a Cole, Simon A. Cole
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2002
• EAN: 9780674010024
• ISBN: 978-0-674-01002-4
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 235 mm x 27 mm
• Weight: 554 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, Jurisprudence & general issues, Criminal investigation and detection, Genetics (non-medical), Police and security services