Tapping into The Wire
Subtitle: the real urban crisis
By: Peter L. Beilenson and Patrick McGuire ; featuring a conversation with David Simon
Contributors: McGuire, Patrick A. (Patrick Anthony), 1946-
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 214
ISBN-13: 9781421407500; 9781421407616
Subjects: Autobiography; Urban Health; Social Problems; Public Policy; Mass Media
Other titles: Wire (Television program)
Description: Tapping into 'The Wire' uses the acclaimed television series as a road map for exploring connections between inner-city poverty and drug-related violence."--Page 2 of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The new public health crisis : Wallace's world; title: Heroin central : the street life of Bubbles, Marlo, and Johnny; title: Losing the war on drugs : the pit vs. the police; title: Medicalize vs. legalize : Hamsterdam; title: Needle exchange and the AIDS dilemma : sticking it to "the bug"; title: Treatment on demand as a strategy : Walon's success story; title: School performance and the MIA parent : the tragedy of Dukie's education; title: Teenage pregnancy and STDS : Shardene escapes; title: Firepower : Snoop's Beretta, Avon's Heckler, and Omar's Mossberg; title: Place matters : why didn't Bodie just leave?; title: Of paint and guns : did Omar Little die of lead poisoning?; title: Obese yet malnourished : the weighty contradiction of Prop Joe; title: Public health and politics : the promise and peril of Tommy Carcetti.