Suspect Identities“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. |
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... Francis Galton's brief account of Taber's work appeared in subsequent fingerprint textbooks . But the details of the story were eventually lost , and all that was left was Galton's ellipti- cal account . In 1927 the German fingerprint ...
... Galton , April 7 , 1880 , both in Gerald Lambourne , The Fingerprint Story ( London : Harrap , 1984 ) , 189 ; Galton , Finger Prints , 60–63 . 25. Francis Galton , " Human Variety , ” Nature 39 ( 1889 ) , 296–300 ; Galton , Finger ...
... Francis Galton , " Personal Identifica- tion II , " Nature 38 ( 1888 ) , 202 ; Daniel J. Kevles , In the Name of Eugen- ics : Genetics and Uses of Human Heredity ( Berkeley : University of California Press , 1985 ) , 3–19 . 4. Alec J ...
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Jekylls and Hydes | 1 |
Measuring the Criminal Body | 32 |
Native Prints | 60 |
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