Alice Goffman: How we're priming some kids for college — and others for prison

"Alice Goffman: How we're priming some kids for college — and others for prison" was filmed in March 2015 at TED2015.

Summary
"In the United States, two institutions guide teenagers on the journey to adulthood: college and prison. Sociologist Alice Goffman spent six years in a troubled Philadelphia neighborhood and saw first-hand how teenagers of African-American and Latino backgrounds are funneled down the path to prison — sometimes starting with relatively minor infractions. In an impassioned talk she asks, 'Why are we offering only handcuffs and jail time?'" – Source: TED

TED Links

 * Alice Goffman
 * Subtitles and Transcript