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

By: Finn, Jonathan M. (Jonathan Mathew), 1972-Material type: TextTextPublication details: Minneapolis, Minn. : Bristol : University of Minnesota Press ; University Presses Marketing [distributor], 2009Description: 200 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN: 9780816650699 (hbk.) :; 0816650691 (hbk.) :; 9780816650705 (pbk.) :; 0816650705 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Legal photography | Criminals -- IdentificationDDC classification: 363.2'58 Summary: This title traces how the act of representing and watching is central to modern law enforcement. Finn analyzes the development of police photography in the 19th century to foreground a critique of three identification practices that are fundamental to current police work.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

This title traces how the act of representing and watching is central to modern law enforcement. Finn analyzes the development of police photography in the 19th century to foreground a critique of three identification practices that are fundamental to current police work.

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