Prof. Alice Goffman, ‘On the Run,’ and driving a gang member around, looking for a mutual friend’s killer

Prof. Alice Goffman’s “On the Run: Fugitive Life in an American City” has drawn a great deal of attention, mostly very positive (though some critical). But recently Prof. Steven Lubet has called attention to a particular passage from Prof. Goffman’s book that, on its own terms, sounds troubling.