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No Way Out: Precarious Living in the Shadow of Poverty and Drug Dealing

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Description for No Way Out: Precarious Living in the Shadow of Poverty and Drug Dealing Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: JKVC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 13. Weight in Grams: 249.
In 2005 Waverly Duck was called to a town he calls Bristol Hill to serve as an expert witness in the sentencing of drug dealer Jonathan Wilson. Convicted as an accessory to the murder of a federal witness and that of a fellow drug dealer, Jonathan faced the death penalty, and Duck was there to provide evidence that the environment in which Jonathan had grown up mitigated the seriousness of his alleged crimes. Duck's exploration led him to Jonathan's church, his elementary, middle, and high schools, the juvenile facility where he had previously been incarcerated, his family and friends, other ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226298061
SKU
V9780226298061
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99-50

About Waverly Duck
Waverly Duck is assistant professor of sociology at the University of Pittsburgh.

Reviews for No Way Out: Precarious Living in the Shadow of Poverty and Drug Dealing
Duck's research undeniably enriches the urban sociology and delinquency literature. The distinction that he outlines between the cultural codes of a neighborhood and its inhabitants' personal values is particularly interesting. Indeed, several examples of empirical research measure culture by interrogating individual beliefs, interpreting expected social practices as what people really want for themselves.
European Journal of Sociology No Way ... Read more

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