Bodies as evidence : security, knowledge, and power / Mark Maguire, Ursula Rao, and Nils Zurawski, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Maguire, Mark, editor.

Rao, Ursula, editor.

Zurawski, Nils, 1968- editor.

Series:

Global insecurities

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human body.

Biometric identification.

Crime prevention.

Border security.

Terrorism--Prevention.

Physical Description:

245 pages : illustration ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 2018.

Contents:

The truth of the error: making identity and security through biometric discrimination / Elida Jacobsen and Ursula Rao

Injured by the border: security buildup, migrant bodies, and emergency response in southern Arizona / Ieva Jusionyte

E-terrify: securitized immigration and biometric surveillance in the workplace / Daniel M. Goldstein & Carolina Alonso-Bejarano

"Dead-bodies-at-the-border": distributed evidence and emerging forensic infrastructure for identification / Amade M'charek,

The transitional lives of crimes against humanity: forensic evidence under changing political circumstances / Antonius C.G.M. Robben & Francisco J. Ferrándiz

Policing future crimes / Mark Maguire

"Intelligence" and "evidence": sovereign authority and the differences that words make / Gregory Feldman

The secrecy/threat matrix / Joseph P. Masco

What do you want?: evidence and fantasy in the war on terror / Joseba Zulaika

Conclusion: discontinuities and diversity / Mark Maguire and Ursula Rao.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Bodies as evidence.

ISBN:

9781478001690

1478001690

9781478002949

1478002948

OCLC:

1016006501