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character
This page considers questions
about 'character' and identity.
It covers -
It
complements the discussion of spent
convictions, personal credit
rating and vetting.
studies
For 'fitness' and character tests see Susan Rimmer's succinct
2008 'Character as Destiny: The dangers of character tests
in Commonwealth law' (PDF).
For graphology see 'Graphology and the Science of Individual
Identity in Modern France' by Roxanne Panchasi in 4(1)
Configurations (1996) 1-32; 'Should We Write
Off Graphology?' by Russell Driver, Ronald Buckley &
Dwight Frink in 4(2) International Journal Of Selection
And Assessment (1996) 78-86;, 'Inferring personal
qualities through handwriting analysis' by Richard Klimoski
& Anat Rafaeli in 56(3) Journal of Occupational
Psychology (1983), 191-202; and 'The Legal Implications
of Graphology' by Julie Spohn in 75(3) Washington
University Law Quarterly (1997) 1307-1334.
For phrenology and physiognomy see The Cultural Meaning
of Popular Science: Phrenology and the Organization of
Consent in Nineteenth-Century Britain (Cambridge:
Cambridge Uni Press 1984) by Roger Cooter, About Face:
German Physiognomic Thought from Lavater to Auschwitz
(Detroit: Wayne State Uni Press 2004) by Richard Gray,
'The Rise and Fall of Phrenology in Australia' by John
Thearle in 27(3) Australian and New Zealand Journal
of Psychiatry (1993) 518-525, 'The murderous Dutch
fiddler: Criminology, history and the problem of phrenology'
by Nicole Rafter in 9(1) Theoretical Criminology
(2005) 65-96.
A more detailed pointer to works on physiognomy and phrenology
is provided here.
Works on the polygraph are highlighted in the discussion
of vetting. Points of entry to the literature include
'A Social History of Untruth: Lie Detection and Trust
in Twentieth-Century America' by Ken Alder in 80 Representations
(2002) 1-33 and A Tremor in the Blood: Uses and Abuses
of the Lie Detector ( New York: McGraw-Hill 1981)
by David Lykken.
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