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Dossier : the secret files they keep on you
- Title
- Dossier : the secret files they keep on you / Aryeh Neier.
- Author
- Neier, Aryeh, 1937-
- Publication
- New York : Stein and Day, 1975, ©1974.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | JC599.U5 N44 1975 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 216 pages; 25 cm
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Records (Sports)
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction : The dossier-mongers -- 1. "A real sickie ... have fun" : school records -- 2. Is your child a "special" child? : ability-grouping dossiers -- 3. "Did your parents hug and kiss you good night? : predelinquency predictions -- 4. Pitching pennies, throwing snowballs, and using profane language : juvenile court dossiers -- 5. "The walking dead" : records of treatment for addiction -- 6. The crime of illness : mental hospital records -- 7. Inaptitude, apathy, and bed-wetting : discharge records -- 8. Not a suitable person : arrest records -- 9. The scarlet letter : conviction records -- 10. Modus inoperandi : the FBI files -- 11. Gossip for profit : the credit bureaus -- 12. "An FBI agent behind every mailbox" : political dossiers -- 13. The computer is not the villain -- 14. On the costs and benefits of lying -- 15. Race and records -- 16. Remedy -- Appendix. Discharge dossiers : SPN numbers and definitions.
- ISBN
- 0812817206
- 9780812817201
- LCCN
- 74078522
- OCLC
- ocm01340611
- 1340611
- SCSB-158934
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library