Describes how the Philadelphia police's use of arrest warrants, high-tech surveillance, and questioning of family, friends, and employers in the pursuit of suspects has demoralized poor neighborhods in the city and has a negative impact on all of the residents in these areas.

Autorentext

Alice Goffman is assistant professor of sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She lives in Madison.

Klappentext

Over the years, the War on Drugs has done almost nothing to prevent drugs from being sold or used, but it has nonetheless created a little-known surveillance state in America's most disadvantaged neighborhoods. The author introduces us to a cast of young African American men who are caught up in this web of warrants and surveillance.