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Fine in fine jacket. First printing. Fine in fine dust jacket. Hardcover. 369 pp. with index. Illustrations. For over a hundred years fingerprints have represented definitive proof of individual identity in our society---"no two fingerprints are alike". Here, however, the author reveals that the history of crinimal identification is far murkier than we've been led to believe. He traces the modern systm of fingerprint identifcation to the 19th century bureaucratic state and its desire to track and control an increasingly mobile and diverse population. The story transverses the globe, from India, Argentina, France, England and the United States and looks at forgotten and hidden history of criminal identifcation from photography to anthropometic systems of measuring body parts, fingerprinting to DNA typing.
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New. "No two fingerprints are alike, " or so it goes. For nearly a hundred years, fingerprints have represented definitive proof of individual identity in our society. We trust them to tell us who committed a crime, whether a criminal record exists, and how to resolve questions of disputed identity. But in Suspect Identities, Simon Cole reveals that the history of criminal identification is far murkier than we have been led to believe. Cole traces the modern system of fingerprint identification to the nineteenth-century bureaucratic state, and its desire to track and control increasingly mobile, diverse populations whose race or ethnicity made them suspect in the eyes of authorities. In an intriguing history that traverses the globe, taking us to India, Argentina, France, England, and the United States, Cole excavates the forgotten history of criminal identification-from photography to exotic anthropometric systems measuring body parts, from fingerprinting to DNA typing. He reveals how fingerprinting ultimately won the trust of the public and the law only after a long battle against rival identification systems. As we rush headlong into the era of genetic identification, and as fingerprint errors are being exposed, this history uncovers the fascinating interplay of our elusive individuality, police and state power, and the quest for scientific certainty. Suspect Identities offers a necessary corrective to blind faith in technology's infallibility and a compelling look at its role in defining each of us.
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