Snitch Culture: How Citizens are Turned into the Eyes and Ears of the State

Brand: Feral House

Write a Review
$20.55 - $62.73
UPC:
9780922915637
Binding:
Paperback
Publication Date:
10/30/2000
Author:
Jim Redden
Language:
english
Edition:
1st edition
Adding to cart… The item has been added

Product Overview

In this alarming expose, investigative journalist Jim Redden examines how snooping has become so much a part of American culture that it is practically a family value, encouraged on billboards, television, and even in classrooms. From employees hired to spy on their coworkers to doctors forced to disclose medical information, the U.S. has developed a chilling network for monitoring its citizens. Worst of all, the information gathered - and widely disseminated - is often unreliable, solicited from paid and anonymous informants. No one is safe in the Snitch Culture. Jim Redden has written a scary, fascinating, and important examination of the pervasive use and abuse of informants and snitches in the United States. - Katherine Dunn, author of Geek Love