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Questions for Homework #5 (20 points)

Goffman, A. (2009). On the run: Wanted men in a Philadelphia ghetto. American Sociological Review, 74, 339-357

1. What does Goffman mean when she refers to the “surveillance” of the ghetto (4 points)?

2. How did Goffman gain access to her subjects (4 points)?

Drawing on intensive fieldwork with unemployed young men in Philadelphia

3. Many of the men Goffman observed were “on the run.” Explain how men who are not suspects in a crime may be “on the run (4 points).”

4. Describe how ghetto surveillance may threaten freedom in the context of (a) hospitals, (b) the police, and (c) family and friends (4 points).

5. What do the experiences of these men in Philadelphia theoretically tell us about surveillance in the ghetto and how it differs from prison surveillance? Discuss any differences and similarities (4 points).