{"product_id":"capturing-the-criminal-image-jonathan-finn-9780816650699","title":"Capturing the Criminal Image: From Mug Shot to Surveillance Society","description":"\u003cp\u003eAt the beginning of the twentieth century, criminals, both alleged and convicted, were routinely photographed and fingerprinted-and these visual representations of their criminal nature were archived for possible future use. At the beginning of the twenty-first century, a plethora of new tools-biometrics, DNA analysis, digital imagery, and computer databases-similarly provide new ways for representing the criminal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCapturing the Criminal Image\u003c\/i\u003e traces how the act of representing-and watching-is central to modern law enforcement. Jonathan Finn analyzes the development of police photography in the nineteenth century to foreground a critique of three identification practices that are fundamental to current police work: fingerprinting, DNA analysis, and surveillance programs and databases. He shows these practices at work by examining specific police and border-security programs, including several that were established by the U.S. government after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Contemporary law enforcement practices, he argues, position the body as something that is potentially criminal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Finn reveals, the collection and archiving of identification data-which consist today of much more than photographs or fingerprints-reflect a reconceptualization of the body itself. And once archived, identification data can be interpreted and reinterpreted according to highly mutable and sometimes dubious conceptions of crime and criminality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jonathan Finn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0816650691\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780816650699\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Minnesota Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/11\/2009 pg. 20","brand":"Jonathan Finn","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086950052095,"sku":"9780816650699","price":67.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8d715b0b-f304-4ebe-bc5a-0f1a40fada5a.jpg?v=1769097430","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/capturing-the-criminal-image-jonathan-finn-9780816650699","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}