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On the run fugitive life in an American city

Main Author: Goffman, Alice (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Picador/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015.
Edition: First Picador edition.
Subjects:
Criminal justice, Administration of > Pennsylvania.
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 > United States.
Imprisonment > Social aspects > United States.
Table of 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.

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