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

On the Run: Fugitive Life in an American City

Alice Goffman

304 pages first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction politics race sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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A RIVETING, GROUNDBREAKING ACCOUNT OF HOW THE WAR ON CRIME HAS TORN APART INNER-CITY COMMUNITIES Forty years in, the tough on crime turn in American politics has spurred a prison boom of historic proportions that disproportionately affects Black c...

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Moods

informative 83%
challenging 50%
reflective 50%
dark 38%
emotional 38%
adventurous 22%
sad 22%
tense 22%
inspiring 11%

Pace

medium 75%
fast 12%
slow 12%

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