Since the 1990s, biometric border control has attained key importance throughout Europe. Employing digital images of, for example, fingerprints, DNA, bones, fac

This book examines a series of questions associated with the increasing application and implications of biometrics in contemporary everyday life. In the wake of

Policing and surveillance acoss international borders has been of increasing concern since the 9.11 attacks in North America, and the accession of the Schengen

Border clearance processes by customs and other agencies are among the most important and problematic links in the global supply chain. Delays and costs at the

This book examines the proliferation of surveillance technologies&—such as facial recognition software and digital fingerprinting&—that have come to pervade