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Author Cole, Simon A., 1967-

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

Publication Info. Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 2001.

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 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  363.258 COLE    Check Shelf
Description 369 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Impostors and incorrigible rogues -- Measuring the criminal body -- Native prints -- Degenerate fingerprints -- Fingerprinting foreigners -- From anthropometry to dactyloscopy -- Bloody fingerprints and Brazen Expers -- Dazzling demonstrations and easy assumptions -- Identification at a distance -- Digital digits -- Fraud, fabrication, and false positives -- The Genetic age -- Epilogue: bodily identities.
Subject Fingerprints -- Identification.
Fingerprints -- Classification.
Criminals -- Identification.
ISBN 0674004558 alkaline paper
9780674004559 alkaline paper
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