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On the run : fugitive life in an American city / Alice Goffman.
Van Pelt Library HV9956.P53 G64 2014
Available
Van Pelt Library HV9956.P53 G64 2014
Available
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Goffman, Alice, author.
- Series:
- Fieldwork encounters and discoveries
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Criminal justice, Administration of--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Criminal justice, Administration of.
- African American youth--Legal status, laws, etc--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- African American youth.
- African American youth--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Social conditions.
- Discrimination in criminal justice administration--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Discrimination in criminal justice administration.
- Racial profiling in law enforcement--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Racial profiling in law enforcement.
- Imprisonment--Social aspects--United States.
- Imprisonment.
- Imprisonment--Social aspects.
- Social conditions.
- United States.
- Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Pennsylvania.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 277 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2014.
- 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
- Appendix. A methodological note.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-277).
- ISBN:
- 9780226136714
- 022613671X
- OCLC:
- 856647705
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