Snitch Culture: ...How Citizens Are Turned Into the Eyes and Ears of the State

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

• Author
• Jim Redden

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 235

• Publisher
• Feral House

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9780922915637

• Settings
• United States of America

• Genres
• politics, psychology

• Release date
• 2000