On the Run : Fugitive Life in an American City /

Forty years in, the War on Drugs has done almost nothing to prevent drugs from being sold or used, but it has nonetheless created a little-known surveillance state in America's most disadvantaged neighborhoods. Arrest "as and high-tech surveillance techniques criminalize entire blocks, and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Goffman, Alice (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2021]
Colección:Fieldwork Encounters and Discoveries
Temas:
African American youth > Legal status, laws, etc > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
African American youth > Legal status, laws, etc. > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
African American youth > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Social conditions.
Criminal justice, Administration of > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
Imprisonment > Social aspects > United States.
Racial profiling in law enforcement > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General.
crime, criminology, war on drugs, drug use, addiction, american cities, united states, sociology, surveillance state, disadvantaged neighborhoods, arrest "as, criminalization, stabilize young lives, family, jobs, relationships, track down suspects, philadelphia, blighting, generational, black criminals, pennsylvania, discrimination, criminal justice, social conditions, administration, racial profiling, race relations, incarceration, imprisonment, legal status, law enforcement.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Prologue
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • 1 The 6th Street Boys and Their Legal Entanglements
  • 2 The Art of Running
  • 3 When the Police Knock Your Door In
  • 4 Turning Legal Troubles into Personal Resources
  • 5 The Social Life of Criminalized Young People
  • 6 The Market in Protections and Privileges
  • 7 Clean People
  • Conclusion: A Fugitive Community
  • Epilogue: Leaving 6th Street
  • Acknowledgments
  • Appendix: A Methodological Note
  • Notes

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