NYU Press Pissing on Demand: Workplace Drug Testing and the Rise of the Detox Industry: 18 (Alternative Criminology)

Product Description Drug testing at the work place and efforts made by some to get around it. Review An informative and thought-provoking book. Tunnell locates drug testing within its broader social context and in so doing demonstrates the importance of a dynamic and interactive approach to a complex topic. . . . Necessary reading for anyone interested in technology and social control.--Gary T. Marx, author of Undercover Police Surveillance in America Pissing on Demand presents a wide-ranging and thought-provoking discussion of the contemporary erosion of civil liberties. No one can read this fine book without being infuriated and alarmed, challenged and--ultimately--enlightened. A real contribution to democratic discourse.--Philip Jenkins, author of Beyond Tolerance: Child Pornography on the Internet Reports on the Orwellian invasion of our privacy by pre-employment and on-the-job surprise drug tests carried out by government agencies, the military, and business firms. The book also provides a comprehensive review of the bustling market in products and tactics to beat the testing regimens. Pissing on Demand needs to be read widely to alert us to the ever-shrinking limits of our personal privacy.--Gilbert Geis, author of White-Collar Crime: Classic and Contemporary Views Tunnell has written an insightful volume that is clearly written, well organized, informative, and interesting.-- "Choice" Using as his starting point a study of workplace drug testing, Ken Tunnell's Pissing on Demand presents a wide-ranging and thought-provoking discussion of the contemporary erosion of civil liberties. No one can read this fine book without being infuriated and alarmed, challenged and-ultimately-enlightened. A real contribution to democratic discourse.--Philip Jenkins, author of Beyond Tolerance: Child Pornography on the Internet About the Author Kenneth D. Tunnell teaches at Eastern Kentucky University. His previous books include Living Off Crime, Choosing Crime, and Political Crime in Contemporary America.