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

By: Goffman, Alice [author.].
Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Picador/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015Copyright date: ©2014Edition: First Picador edition.General Notes: "First published in the United States by The University of Chicago Press"--Title page verso.Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.Description: xvi, 279 pages ; 21 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781250065667; 1250065666.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 StatesDDC classification: 364.3/496073074811
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.
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"First published in the United States by The University of Chicago Press"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

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.

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