Risa L. Goluboff

I did find this book to be very compelling in the fact that the police did use the Vagrancy law to which any officer within the same agency saw fit. One officer might pass something by then in a few minutes time another officer would happen by and fill a whole paddy wagon full of "Vagrants" up even though they had jobs, money and a place to live. The police raids and stereotyping were just hard to believe. This all began before the civil rights era and also at the beginning of the Cold War. show more It was an awful time for anyone who tried to go against the norm. The norm being the "Ozzie and Harriet" types.

Ms. Goluboff didn't a wonderful job researching this book and it brought to the forefront some of the laws and procedures we are fighting against now.

I would like to thank Oxford University Press and NetGalley for providing me with an e-galley of this book for my honest review. show less