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On the Run
- Fugitive Life in an American City
- By: Alice Goffman
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 11 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 206
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 179
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 179
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 communities. It has also torn at the lives of those on the outside. As arrest quotas and high-tech surveillance criminalize entire blocks, a climate of fear and suspicion pervades daily life, not only for young men entangled in the legal system but for their family members and working neighbors.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A view from one side of the street......
- By Luanne Ollivier on 08-13-15
- On the Run
- Fugitive Life in an American City
- By: Alice Goffman
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
The Only Bad thing about this book.
Reviewed: 05-04-17
The changed titles of the individuals that truly questions if the things said were real. I kept wondering like who the actual characters were and where did this take place. It sometimes felt that she Alice Goffman didn't belong there and her presence might have altered some of the events. I feel that the story was making excuses of why these people were committing 'attempted murders', drug dealing, and other criminal activity.
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