Capturing the Criminal Image: From Mug Shot to Surveillance Society
Author:   Jonathan Finn
Publisher:   University of Minnesota Press
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9780816650699


Pages:   200
Publication Date:   04 November 2009
Format:   Hardback
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Capturing the Criminal Image: From Mug Shot to Surveillance Society


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At the beginning of the twentieth century, criminals, both alleged and convicted, were routinely photographed and fingerprinted-and these visual representations of their criminal nature were archived for possible future use. At the beginning of the twenty-first century, a plethora of new tools-biometrics, DNA analysis, digital imagery, and computer databases-similarly provide new ways for representing the criminal. Capturing the Criminal Image traces how the act of representing-and watching-is central to modern law enforcement.

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Author:   Jonathan Finn
Publisher:   University of Minnesota Press
Imprint:   University of Minnesota Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.340kg
ISBN:  

9780816650699


ISBN 10:   0816650691
Pages:   200
Publication Date:   04 November 2009
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Temporarily unavailable   Availability explained
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Introduction: Constructing the Criminal in North America 1. Picturing the Criminal: Photography and Criminality in the Nineteenth Century 2. Photographing Fingerprints: Data, Evidence, and Latent Identification 3. The Control of Inscriptions: Standardizing DNA Analysis 4. Potential Criminality: The Body in the Digital Archive 5. Visible Criminality: Data Collection, Border Security, and Public Display Acknowledgments Notes Index

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Jonathan Finn is associate professor of communication studies at Wilfrid Laurier University.

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