The spectre of crime: Photography, Law and ethics

Biber, K

The spectre of crime: Photography, Law and ethics

Biber, K

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Social Semiotics, 2006, 16 (1), pp. 133 - 149
Issue Date:: 2006-04-01

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dc.contributor.author	Biber, K https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2189-3157	en_US
dc.date.issued	2006-04-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Social Semiotics, 2006, 16 (1), pp. 133 - 149	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1035-0330	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/1124
dc.description.abstract	A grainy series of surveillance photographs was tendered into evidence at the trial of a young Aboriginal man accused of robbing a bank. Two police officers testified that they recognised him from the photographs. On appeal to the High Court of Australia, the judges thought that the hooded bandit in the image looked like the spectre from Hamlet. This article uses the discourse of "spectrality" to explore the consequences for law and ethics when haunted by the transgressive image. It examines the confrontation between the foundational illegality of the Australian nation, and the indigenous man who is accused of a crime against property. © 2006 Taylor & Francis.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Social Semiotics	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1080/10350330500487802	en_US
dc.title	The spectre of crime: Photography, Law and ethics	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
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Abstract:

A grainy series of surveillance photographs was tendered into evidence at the trial of a young Aboriginal man accused of robbing a bank. Two police officers testified that they recognised him from the photographs. On appeal to the High Court of Australia, the judges thought that the hooded bandit in the image looked like the spectre from Hamlet. This article uses the discourse of "spectrality" to explore the consequences for law and ethics when haunted by the transgressive image. It examines the confrontation between the foundational illegality of the Australian nation, and the indigenous man who is accused of a crime against property. © 2006 Taylor & Francis.

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