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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Finn, Jonathan, 1972-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Legal photography.

Criminals--Identification.

Criminals.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (188 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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. Jonathan Finn analyzes the development of police photography in th

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-7054-4

OCLC:

593295906