In Crime's Archive

This book investigates what happens to criminal evidence after the conclusion of legal proceedings. In its 'afterlife', criminal evidence continues to proliferate in cultural contexts; often arousing the interest of journalists, scholars, curators, writers or artists.

Katherine Biber is Professor of Law at the University of Technology, Sydney.

Table of Contents Acknowledgements Permissions Introduction: Afterlife, evidence, archive Chapter 1: The afterlife of police photographs Chapter 2: The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death: Crime scenes as doll's houses Chapter 3: The afterlife of criminal evidence in the news media Chapter 4: The Oscar Pistorius Trial: An afterlife in real time Chapter 5: The Museum: Curating evidence Chapter 6: The Lindy Chamberlain Case: The afterlife of a miscarriage of justice Chapter 7: International crimes: The afterlife of evidence of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity Conclusion: Destroying the evidence Index