On The Run: Fugitive Life In An American City Alice Goffman

On the Run: Fugitive Life in an American City Alice Goffman

The..bulk..of..the..book..is..carefully..presented..sociological..observations,..backed..up..with..thirty-eight..pages..of..endnotes..providing..backup..by..other..social..scientists..that..her..observations..in..Philadelphia..have..been..replicated..in..cities..across..the..nation..that..conclude..the..wars..waged..against..crime..and..drugs..have..not..achieved..their..desired..results,..and..instead..have..unwittingly..reinforced..the..continuation..of..the..very..ills..that..they..hoped..to..suppress..and..created..a..repressive..regime..of..racial..oppressionAnd...when...we...speak...of...the...authorities,...its...the...police...who...on...a...day-to-day...basis...must...contend...with...the...rubble...left...behind...from...more...than...two...decades...of...disturbingly...misguided...public...policyThat...said,...On...the...Run...is...a...valuable...and...in...some...ways...unique,...highly...specific...addition...to...the...War...on...Drugs/Mass...Incarceration...literature,...so...I'm...gratefulIndeed,..some..of..the..examples..in..the..book..have..the..resonant..drama..I..associate..with..the..short..stories..of..Edward..P(She..went..on..to..say..that..it's..not..sufficient..for..us..to..just..eliminate..incarceration..for..nonviolent..crimes,..we..also..need..to..reform..violent..sentencing.)I..don't..know..if..she..got..educated..after..the..book..came..out..or..if..she's..always..had..these..stances..and..some..of..the..writing..in..the..book..was..just..really..sloppy..or..what,..but..I'm..grateful..for..where..she's..at..now.(Though..running..a..quick..Google..to..fact-check..her..assertions..about..decarceration..rates,..I..was..reminded..that..we..always..need..to..investigate..deeper..than..just..the..numbers,..since..the..numbers..are..always..imperfect..proxies..and..motivating..people..to..adjust..the..numbers..doesn't..always..motivate..them..to..adjust..what..we..really..want..adjusted.)...more..flag..1..likeLike..see..review..View..1..comment..While..recognizing..the..drug..trade's..damage,..On..The..Run..reveals..a..justice..system..gone..awry:..it..is..an..exemplary..work..of..scholarship..highlighting..the..failures..of..the..War..on..Crime,..and..a..compassionate..chronicle..of..the..families..caught..in..the..midst..of..it."A..remarkable..feat..of..reporting..In..addition..to..Chuck,..Goffman..introduces..us..to..four..other..friends..with..legal..entanglements.more..flag..5..likesLike..see..review..

This..books..is..written..in..a..research..styleGoffman.immerses.herself.in.part.their.lives,.crossing.the.impartial.observer.line.in.many.cases.to.become.a.participantEven..just..their..quirks..and..idiosyncrasiesOn..the..Run..was..also..positively..received..outside..of..academiaAs...for...how...to...know...whether...to...believe...her...account...of...6th...Street’s...general...patterns,...Goffman...said...the...best...way...to...verify...her...work...is...to...simply...take...a...look...aroundDec..18,..2014..Blair..Conrad..rated..it..liked..it..Shelves:..library,..nonfiction,..kpl..A..good..book,..full..of..important..informationBusiness...Tech...Science...Health...Sports...Education...Obituaries...Today's...Paper...Corrections...Opinion...Today's...Opinion...Op-Ed...Columnists...Editorials...Op-Ed...Contributors...Letters...Sunday...Review...Video:...Opinion...Arts...Today's...Arts...Art...&...Design...Books...Dance...Movies...Music...N.Y.CIs...that...a...price...worth...paying...to...make...the...story...a...little...tighter?...Upon...reflection,...I...believe...the...answer...is...no:...Even...though...my...book...is...categorically...different...than...Goffman’s—mine...is...about...my...friendship...with...a...struggling...artist,...hers...is...a...work...of...social...science...about...an...urgent...national...problem—it...seems...to...me...that...deviating...from...reality...in...a...work...of...nonfiction...inevitably...leaves...readers...at...a...disadvantageWith..startling..statistics,..it..is..hard..to..deny..that..the..United..States..still..has..a..HUGE..problem..with..racism,..sadlyIt..also..highlights..the..gap..between..the..observer..and..the..community..she..is..observing

My...fear...was...the...look...at...black...life...from...the...base...of...pathologyGoffman...ends...up...being...accepted...as...part...of...the...scenery...in...the...pseudonymous...6th...Street,...welcomed...by...a...group...of...young...men...and...their...families...to...document...their...livesThe.document.appeared.to.be.the.work.of.an.obsessive.with.an.agenda—its.tone.was.at.times.angry.and.bitter,.and.its.reasoning.could.be.muddled.and.hard.to.follow—but.some.of.the.author’s.observations.seemed.damning,.or.at.least.in.need.of.explanationBecause...of...the...fear...of...capture...and...confinement...has...seeped...into...the...basic...activities...of...daily...livingwork,...family,...romance,...friendship,...and...even...much-needed...medical...careit...is...an...account...of...a...community...on...the...runGoffman..makes..bold..(&..I..assume..accurate),..infrequently..told..claims..about..incarceration..rates..in..the..USAIn..a..50-page..appendix..titled..A..Methodological..Note..that..is..as..compelling..as..the..body..of..the..book,..Goffman..lays..out..her..reporting..approachSep...03,...2014...Carmen...Petaccio...rated...it...it...was...ok...One...of...the...great...chroniclers...of...the...African...American...experience,...second...only...to...Rachel...KushnerThe...New...York...Times...Book...Review...-...Alex...Kotlowitz...02/10/2014When...University...of...Wisconsin-Madison...sociologist...Goffman,...at...the...time...a...sophomore...college...student,...moved...into...a...lower-income...black...neighborhood...in...Philadelphia,...she...began...a...six-year...immersion...in...the...swelling...world...of...fugitives...in...America,...where...nearly...five...million...people...are...on...probation...or...paroleFourteen...times...during...my...first...eighteen...months...of...near...daily...observation,...Goffman...writes,...I...watched...the...police...punch,...choke,...kick,...stomp...on,...or...beat...young...men...with...their...nightsticksDespite.that,.On.the.Run.does.provide.much.food.for.thought.-.and.discussion

Nix...the...whole...parole...systemI.honestly.could.not.believe.many.of.the.things.that.she.discu.I.read.this.book.because.Professor.Goffman.was.recently.hired.at.Pomona.and.there.was.a.ton.of.controversy.with.her.hiring.and.with.this.book.in.particularMany.things,.however,.would.not.be.known.to.a.general.public.not.living.on.the.run.constantly,.such.as.the.heinous.ways.in.which.police.turn.family.members.and.friends.against.each.other,.but.most.importantly.WHY.young.men.become.victims.of.a.corrupt.system.at.such.a.young.age:.because.they.are.never.given.a.chance.to.do.anything.elseIn...2015,...she...was...accepted...to...the...one-year...fellowship...program...at...Princetons...Institute...for...Advanced...Study.[11]Many...researchers...think...the...uncompromising...demand...for...total...privacy...has...a...detrimental...effect...on...the...quality...of...scholarship...that...comes...out...of...the...social...sciences—in...part...because...anonymization...makes...it...impossible...to...fact-check...the...workAnd.I.think.the.subject.matter.at.hand.is.a.very.important.oneRetrieved...June...4,...2015It...may...be...that...for...some...critics...the...world...is...so...unbelievable,...that...they...simply...refute...our...society...could...do...such...horrible...things...to...individualsAug...31,...2014...Simone...rated...it...liked...it...Shelves:...2014-read...This...book...is...compelling...for...sure

More..than..in..Russia,..or..China,..excluding..Stalin's..reignWhat’s.more,.Goffman.revealed.in.an.interview.with.the.Philadelphia.Inquirer.that.she.shredded.all.of.her.notebooks.and.disposed.of.the.hard.drive.that.contained.all.of.her.files.out.of.fear.that.she.could.be.subpoenaed.and.thereby.forced.to.incriminate.her.subjects.more.flag.2.likesLike.see.review.View.1.comment.Imagine..what..it..would..be..like..if..you..couldn't..seek..medical..treatment..because..cops..hang..out..at..the..ER..looking..for..men..with..outstanding..warrantsAs...a...result,...it...was...slow...going...for...a...while,...to...the...point...where...I...considered...not...reading...the...research...methodology...at...the...endStill,.it.is.worth.reading ffa900202a

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