Citizen Espionage: Studies in Trust and Betrayal - Hardcover

by Ralph M. Carney (Author), Carson Eoyang (Author), Theodore R. Sarbin (Author)

This is the first work to examine the phenomena of citizen espionage from the point of view of trust betrayal. Here is an effort to illuminate the social, political, and psychological conditions that influence trusted American citizens to spy against their country. The volume combines historical inquiry, sociological studies, psychological insights, and criminological analysis. It is especially timely when many nations, friend and foe alike, have instituted programs to obtain trade secrets and classified technology from American military and industrial sources.

Author Biography

THEODORE R. SARBIN is Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Criminology at the University of California at Santa Cruz. Presently, he is serving as a research psychologist with the Defense Personnel Security Research Center at the Naval Postgraduate School. He is the editor of Narrative Psychology (Praeger, 1986) and (with K. Scheibe) Studies in Social Identity (Praeger, 1983).

RALPH M. CARNEY is a Personnel Research Psychologist at the Defense Personnel Security Reserach at the Naval Postgraduate School.

CARSON EOYANG is Director of Training and Development in the Office of Human Resources and Education at NASA.