Suspect Identities: A History of Fingerprinting and Criminal Identification

TITLE PAGE......Page 3
CONTENTS......Page 7
PROLOGUE Jekylls and Hydes......Page 13
1 / Impostors and Incorrigible Rogues......Page 18
2 / Measuring the Criminal Body......Page 44
3 / Native Prints......Page 72
4 / Degenerate Fingerprints......Page 109
5 / Fingerprinting Foreigners......Page 131
6 / From Anthropometry to Dactyloscopy......Page 152
7 / Bloody Fingerprints and Brazen Experts......Page 180
8 / Dazzling Demonstrations and Easy Assumptions......Page 202
9 / Identification at a Distance......Page 229
10 / Digital Digits......Page 247
11 / Fraud, Fabrication, and False Positives......Page 271
12 / The Genetic Age......Page 299
EPILOGUE Bodily Identities......Page 315
1. Impostors and Incorrigible Rogues......Page 325
2. Measuring the Criminal Body......Page 328
3. Native Prints......Page 330
4. Degenerate Fingerprints......Page 333
5. Fingerprinting Foreigners......Page 335
6. From Anthropometry to Dactyloscopy......Page 339
7. Bloody Fingerprints and Brazen Experts......Page 342
8. Dazzling Demonstrations and Easy Assumptions......Page 344
9. Identification at a Distance......Page 347
10. Digital Digits......Page 349
11. Fraud, Fabrication, and False Positives......Page 353
12. The Genetic Age......Page 355
Epilogue......Page 358
CREDITS......Page 359
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 361
INDEX......Page 365