Is fingerprint identification valid? Rhetorics of reliability in fingerprint proponents' discourse

Law and Policy

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 109-135

  Cole, Simon A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 33646072485     PISSN: 02658240     EISSN: 14679930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9930.2005.00219.x     Document Type: Review

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