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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... identification systems . " In Fosdick's view this redundancy reflected most identifica- tion chiefs ' woeful ignorance of the identification techniques they em- ployed . " The heads of these so - called bureaus of identification gloried ...
... identification technique in the United States . Bertillonage retained some ... system today really cannot be compared with finger prints as to efficiency ... Identification only fully ceased recording Bertillon measurements in 1931. Even ...
... Identification , 9 . 10. Quoted by Francis Galton , Finger Prints ( London , 1892 ) , 164–165 . 11. Charles R. Greenleaf , The Personal Identity of the Soldier ( Chicago , 1892 ) ; J. R. Kean , " The System of Personal Identification by ...
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Jekylls and Hydes | 1 |
Measuring the Criminal Body | 32 |
Native Prints | 60 |
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