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Capturing the criminal image : from mug shot to surveillance society / Jonathan Finn.

By: Publication details: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2009.Description: xxii, 163 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780816650699 (hc : alk. paper)
  • 9780816650705 (pb : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 363.25/8 22
LOC classification:
  • HV6071 .F46 2009
Contents:
Introduction : constructing the criminal in North America -- Picturing the criminal : photography and criminality in the nineteenth century -- Photographing fingerprints : data, evidence, and latent identification -- The control of inscriptions : standardizing dna analysis -- Potential criminality : the body in the digital archive -- Visible criminality : data collection, border security, and public display.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : constructing the criminal in North America -- Picturing the criminal : photography and criminality in the nineteenth century -- Photographing fingerprints : data, evidence, and latent identification -- The control of inscriptions : standardizing dna analysis -- Potential criminality : the body in the digital archive -- Visible criminality : data collection, border security, and public display.

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