A finger on the crime scene: review of Suspect Identities: a history of fingerprinting and criminal identification. “For almost a century, American courts have thought about fingerprints the way children visualize snowflakes: No two are exactly

alike. So most judges, jurors, and lawyers came to trust that fingerprints left at crime scenes match the right suspects to their

misdeeds. But in his new history of criminal identification, Simon Cole questions whether fingerprinting deserves its hallowed

reputation.” Christian Science Monitor