Photographs and Labels: Against a Criminology of Innocence

Biber, K

Photographs and Labels: Against a Criminology of Innocence

Biber, K

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Publisher:: University of Wollongong
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Law.Text.Culture, 2006, 10 pp. 19 - 40
Issue Date:: 2006-01

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dc.contributor.author	Biber, K https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2189-3157	en_US
dc.date.issued	2006-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Law.Text.Culture, 2006, 10 pp. 19 - 40	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1322-9060	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/10536
dc.description.abstract	The American photographer Taryn Simon was inspired by the Innocence Project (which aims to acquit falsely convicted people by introducing evidence that was unavailable during their trial) to begin her own photographic project. Simons project explicitly scrutinises the role played by photography, especially its role in producing guilt from innocence, in the criminal justice system.	en_US
dc.publisher	University of Wollongong	en_US
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dc.title	Photographs and Labels: Against a Criminology of Innocence	en_US
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Abstract:

The American photographer Taryn Simon was inspired by the Innocence Project (which aims to acquit falsely convicted people by introducing evidence that was unavailable during their trial) to begin her own photographic project. Simons project explicitly scrutinises the role played by photography, especially its role in producing guilt from innocence, in the criminal justice system.

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