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Dr. Alice Goffman to Visit Rutgers University-Newark to Discuss Her New Book, On the Run; 9/24 @ 12:30 pm

By

Ferlanda Fox Nixon

Date

September 17, 2014

MEDIA ADVISORY

Media are invited to cover this event.
Limited seating is available for the general public; pre-registration is required.

What:
The School of Criminal Justice at Rutgers University—Newark will host a talk with Dr. Alice Goffman about her latest book, On the Run: Fugitive Life in an American City (University of Chicago Press, 2014). On the Run documents an immersive study of police practices in a low-income African-American neighborhood in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and their impact on the everyday lives of its residents. While living among and closely tracking a group of young African-American men for six years, Goffman observes and chronicles in On the Run a new system of surveillance and control that ultimately fosters a climate of fear and suspicion within the community and among nuclear and extended family members as well as law enforcement authorities.

Who:

Dr. Alice Goffman
Alice Goffman is assistant professor of sociology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison where she teaches courses in ethnography and urban sociology. She received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania and her doctoral degree from Princeton University. Goffman is the daughter of renowned sociologist Erving Goffman (1922-82).

Reviews of On the Run:
The Washington Post, Aug. 29, 2014
The New York Times, June 26, 2014

When:
Wednesday, September 24, 12:30 pm

Where:
Rutgers University-Newark
S.I. Newhouse Center for Law and Justice
123 Washington Street, Newark, NJ 07102
Baker Trial Courtroom – 1st Floor

Event Contact:
This event is free and open to the public, but advance registration is required. For more information and to register, call 973-353-3311 or email rscj@newark.rutgers.edu.