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On the Run

Paperback • 2015 • 1. edition

On the Run

By Alice Goffman

15 Ratings • 4.5 of 5

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About the book

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. Alice Goffman spent six years living in one such neighborhood in Philadelphia, and her close observations and often harrowing stories reveal the pernicious effects of this pervasive policing. Goffman introduces us to an unforgettable cast of young African American men who are caught up in...Show more

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9780226275406

Publisher

The University of Chicago Press

Published year

2015

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1

Original title

On the Run

Format

Paperback

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