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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... tion , or exile , of récidivistes to the colonies . French jurists were espe- cially alarmed about " incurable vagrants , " rural poor who migrated to the cities after bad harvests . People arrested for vagrancy in Paris were commonly ...
... tion even before the British began promoting the Henry system.1 North and South America proved fertile ground for innovation in fin- gerprint identification . The expanding nations of the Americas were " societies of strangers " to a ...
... tion . " 12 The Sing Sing register also provided spaces to describe the prisoner's complexion , eye color , hair ... tion bureaucracy , in the United States no one was overseeing the opera- tion of the overall system or disciplining the ...
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Jekylls and Hydes | 1 |
Measuring the Criminal Body | 32 |
Native Prints | 60 |
Copyright | |
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