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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... defined our individuality , our very personhood . And yet , as DNA technology promises to create a whole new set of bio- logically defined , seemingly unquestionable identities for all of us , we would do well to reflect upon the ways ...
... defined these three categories empirically , on the basis of statistical studies of their frequency in the population of Parisian prisoners . The three categories were equally populated : the " medium " category occupied a narrow range ...
... defined by the criminal record , for the anthro- pological " born criminal , " defined by physical stigmata or anthropo- metric measurements . But , far from undermining deterministic crimi- nology , Bertillonage played into the same ...
Contents
Jekylls and Hydes | 1 |
Measuring the Criminal Body | 32 |
Native Prints | 60 |
Copyright | |
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