Alice Goffman wrote one of the most widely read sociology books in recent memory. But On the Run, her account of young black men caught up in the criminal-justice system, became entangled in ethical ...

It’s no surprise that Pomona College’s decision to hire Alice Goffman as a visiting professor would raise some eyebrows. The young sociologist drew both widespread admiration and broad criticism for ...

Warren County Community College will host the sociologist Alice Goffman, author of "On the Run: Fugitive Life in an American City," on Thursday, April 9, for a daylong series of events, including a ...

Sociologist Alice Goffman’s book “On the Run: Fugitive Life in an American City,” drew fulsome praise upon its publication in 2014 and gave its youthful author a crossover reputation -- a TED talk, a ...

Man as a social being divides his allegiance among a wide assortment of groups. The state, of course, is one, the family another. In between, there wheels a boundless galaxy of personal commitments ...

On the Run: Fugitive Life in an American City, by Alice Goffman, University of Chicago Press, 288 pages, $25 For six years, starting as a University of Pennsylvania sophomore, the sociologist Alice ...

Near the end of her acclaimed book On the Run: Fugitive Life in an American City, the sociologist Alice Goffman recounts a heart-wrenching story. In the summer of 2007, her friend Chuck Taylor is shot ...

Controversy over Alice Goffman's book lives on, with students at Pomona saying the sociologist's alleged racial insensitivities should disqualify her from a visiting professorship there. Alice Goffman ...

Alice Goffman is author of "On the Run: Fugitive Life in an American City." (Ricardo Barros) Urban sociologist Alice Goffman decided to study the effects of America's war on crime by living in a ...

As an author, Alice Goffman has a few things going for her. She’s the daughter of the late Erving Goffman, a giant in the field of sociology, and her surname alone has long made her of interest to ...