Description |
xviii, 214 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Summary |
Tapping into 'The Wire' uses the acclaimed television series as a road map for exploring connections between inner-city poverty and drug-related violence." --P. [2] of cover. |
Contents |
The new public health crisis : Wallace's world -- Heroin central : the street life of Bubbles, Marlo, and Johnny -- Losing the war on drugs : the pit versus the police -- Medicalize vs. legalize : Hamsterdam -- Needle exchange and the AIDS dilemma : sticking it to "the bug" -- Treatment on demand as a strategy : Walon's success story -- School performance and the MIA parent : the tragedy of Dukie's education -- Teenage pregnancy and STDS : Shardene's escape -- Firepower : Snoop's Beretta, Avon's Heckler, and Omar's Mossberg -- Place matters : why didn't Bodie just leave? -- Of paint and guns : did Omar die of lead poisoning? -- Obese yet malnourished : the weighty contradiction of Prop Joe -- Public health and politics : the promise and peril of Tommy Carcetti -- Learning from the wire: practicing politics to practice medicine. |
Provenance |
Gift of Paul and Mary Haas. |
Subject |
Beilenson, Peter L.
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Beilenson, Peter L. |
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Urban health -- Maryland -- Baltimore.
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Urban health. |
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Maryland -- Baltimore. |
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Social problems -- Maryland -- Baltimore.
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Social problems. |
Genre/Form |
Autobiographies.
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Autobiographies.
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Added Author |
McGuire, Patrick A. (Patrick Anthony), 1946-
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Added Title |
Wire (Television program)
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ISBN |
9781421407500 hardback alkaline paper |
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1421407507 hardback alkaline paper |
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9781421407616 electronic |
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1421407612 electronic |
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