On the run : fugitive life in an American city / Alice Goffman

Author: Goffman, Alice
Published: New York : Picador/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015.
Copyright Date: ©2014
Edition: First Picador edition.
Physical Description: xvi, 279 pages ; 21 cm

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Contents

The 6th Street Boys and their legal entanglements -- The art of running -- When the police knock your door in -- Turning legal troubles into personal resources -- The social life of criminalized young people -- The market in protections and privileges -- Clean people -- Conclusion : A fugitive community -- Epilogue : Leaving 6th Street.

Subject(s)

Criminal justice, Administration of—Pennsylvania—Philadelphia
African American youth—Legal status, laws, etc—Pennsylvania—Philadelphia
African American youth—Pennsylvania—Philadelphia—Social conditions
Discrimination in criminal justice administration—Pennsylvania—Philadelphia
Racial profiling in law enforcement—Pennsylvania—Philadelphia
Imprisonment—Social aspects—United States
Brottslighet—sociala aspekter
Fängelsestraff—sociala aspekter
Afro-amerikaner
Förenta staterna—Pennsylvania

ISBN

9781250065667 (paperback)
1250065666 (paperback)

Note

"First published in the United States by The University of Chicago Press"--Title page verso.

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references.

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On the run : fugitive life in an American city / Alice Goffman

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