Siam's New Detectives: Visualizing Crime and Conspiracy in Modern Thailand

By: Lim, Samson

Visual evidence is the sine qua non of the modern criminal process--from photographs and video to fingerprints and maps. Siam's New Detectives offers an analytical history of these visual tools as employed by the Thai police when investigating crime. Covering the period between the late nineteenth century and the end of the Cold War, the book provides both an extended overview of the development and evolution of modern police practices in Thailand,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824855256
• ISBN13: 9780824855253
• Release Date: February 2016
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"