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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... criminal body itself as an index to a set of criminal records . Rather than marking the criminal body ( as in branding ) , the Register treated the criminal body as already carrying its own identifying marks , which merely needed to be ...
... record inked finger- prints required very little training . Any law enforcement agency that wanted to index its own archive of criminal records according to the Henry system , however , needed at least one person trained in the Henry ...
... crimes . The latest technological advances reach even further , making possible the creation of criminal records for fare evaders , people drink- ing in public , and other minor offenders . If petty crime laws are en- forced selectively ...
Contents
Jekylls and Hydes | 1 |
Measuring the Criminal Body | 32 |
Native Prints | 60 |
Copyright | |
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