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Bodies as evidence : security, knowledge, and power / Mark Maguire, Ursula Rao, and Nils Zurawski, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Maguire, Mark., Editor.
- Series:
- Global insecurities.
- Global insecurities
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Human body.
- Biometric identification.
- Crime prevention.
- Border security.
- Terrorism--Prevention.
- Terrorism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (250 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Durham, NC Duke University Press 2018
- Durham : Duke University Press, 2018.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Through global case studies that explore biometric identification, border control, forensics, militarized policing, and counterterrorism, the contributors show how bodies have become critical sources of evidence that is organized and deployed to classify, recognize, and manage human life.
- 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.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781478004301
- 1478004304
- OCLC:
- 1026274875
- Access Restriction:
- Open access Unrestricted online access
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