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Tagging Reviewed

NCJ Number
129052
Journal
Howard Journal Volume: 29 Issue: 4 Dated: (November 1990) Pages: 229-245
Author(s)
J R Lilly
Date Published
1990
Length
17 pages
Annotation
Much of the confusion surrounding tagging has been created because the topic has yet to be debated in the cultural context within which it has been developed.
Abstract
This paper identifies the appropriate cultural context for an informed debate and asks that it begin. "Our much vaunted progress in technology, generally of civilization, is like the axe in the hand of a pathological criminal" (Einstein 1917). 11 notes and 33 references (Author abstract)

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