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Suspect Identities

A History of Fingerprinting and Criminal Identification

Simon A. Cole

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$34.00 • £29.95 • €30.95

ISBN 9780674010024

Publication Date: 10/30/2002

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6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

13 halftones, 4 line illustrations, 6 tables

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SOCIAL SCIENCE: Criminology

Simon A. Cole is Professor of Criminology, Law and Society at the University of California, Irvine.

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