On the Run: Fugitive Life in an American City (Fieldwork Encounters and Discoveries)
In On the Run, Alice Goffman examines fugitive life in an American city through a fieldwork-based account. The book explores the social realities, communities, and institutions connected to living beyond the reach of the law, offering readers a focused perspective on an often overlooked aspect of urban life.
About This Book
On the Run: Fugitive Life in an American City explores the experience of living as a fugitive in the United States.
Alice Goffman presents a fieldwork-based examination of the social world surrounding people who are attempting to evade capture.
The book considers how fugitive life intersects with communities, institutions, and everyday urban experience.
Part of the Fieldwork Encounters and Discoveries series, this work offers a close study of an important social subject.
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