Forty years in, 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. Arrest quotas and high-tech surveillance techniques criminalize entire blocks, and transf[...]

A RIVETING, GROUNDBREAKING ACCOUNT OF HOW THE WAR ON CRIME HAS
TORN APART INNER-CITY COMMUNITIESForty years in, the tough on crime turn in American politics has spurred a prison boom of historic proportions that disproportionately affects Black communities. It has also torn at the lives of those [...]

Efter fyrtio års drogkrig har ett övervakningssamhälle byggts upp i USA:s fattigaste områden, ständigt nya generationer och hela bostadsområden har klassats som kriminella.Etnologen Alice Goffman har levt i ett av dessa områden i Philadelphia i sex års tid. Hon har följt en grupp unga svart[...]