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Author Beilenson, Peter L.

Title Tapping into The Wire : the real urban crisis / Peter L. Beilenson and Patrick A. McGuire ; featuring a conversation with David Simon.

Publication Info. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012.

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Location Call No. Status
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  353.5 B39    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  362.1092 BE    Check Shelf
Description xviii, 214 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Subject Urban health -- Maryland -- Baltimore.
Social problems -- Maryland -- Baltimore.
Beilenson, Peter L.
Wire (Television program)
Added Author McGuire, Patrick A. (Patrick Anthony), 1946-
Added Title Wire (Television program)
ISBN 9781421407500 hdbk. alkaline paper
1421407507 hdbk. alkaline paper
9781421407616 electronic
1421407612 electronic
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