The Art of Identification Forensics, Surveillance, Identity |
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Editor:
| Ferguson, Rex Littlefield, Melissa M. Purdon, James |
Series title: | AnthropoScene Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-271-09057-3 |
Publication Date: | Aug 2021 |
Publisher: | Pennsylvania State University Press
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $119.95 |
Book Description:
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Since the mid-nineteenth century, there has been a notable acceleration in the development of the techniques used to confirm identity. From fingerprints to photographs to DNA, we have been rapidly amassing novel means of identification, even as personal, individual identity remains a complex chimera.
Since the mid-nineteenth century, there has been a notable acceleration in the development of the techniques used to confirm identity. From fingerprints to photographs to DNA, we have been rapidly amassing novel means of identification, even as personal, individual identity remains a complex chimera.