On the run : fugitive life in an American city / Alice Goffman.
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TextSeries: Publication details: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2014.Description: xiv, 277 pages ; 23 cmISBN: - 9781250065667
- 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 States
- 364.3 GOF 23
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-277).
The 6th Street boys and their legal entanglements -- Techniques for evading the authorities -- 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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