Suspect identities : a history of fingerprinting and criminal identification / Simon A. Cole.

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Publication details:
Cambridge (Mass) : Harvard University Press, 2001.
Record id:
22457
Author:
Cole, Simon A.
Subject:
Fingerprints -- United States.
Identification -- United States.
Contents:
1. Imposters and incorrigable rogues
2. Measuring the criminal body
3. Native prints
4. Degenerate fingerprints
5. Fingerprinting foreigners
6. From anthrpometry 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 Generic age
Epilogue: Bodily identities.
Note:
Includes index.
ISBN:
0674004558
Phys. description:
369 p.