What counts for identity? The historical origins of the methodology of latent fingerprint identification

Science in Context

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 139-172

  Cole, Simon ^a  

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EID: 0033244317     PISSN: 02698897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0269889700003343     Document Type: Article

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