Tapping Into The Wire: The Real Urban Crisis
Did Omar Little die of lead poisoning? Would a decriminalization strategy like the one in Hamsterdam end the War on Drugs? What will it take to save kids like Wallace and Dukie? Tapping into The Wire uses the television series The Wire as a roadmap for exploring connections between inner-city poverty and drug-related violence. Past Baltimore City health commissioner Peter Beilenson teams up with former Baltimore Sun reporter Patrick McGuire to deliver a compelling, highly readable examination of urban policy and public health issues impacting cities across the nation. Each chapter recounts scenes from episodes of the HBO series, placing the c…
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Weitere Autoren: McGuire, Patrick A. / Simon, David (Solist)
- ISBN: 978-1-4214-0750-0
- EAN: 9781421407500
- Produktnummer: 13256207
- Verlag: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
- Seitenangabe: 214 S.
- Masse: H24.1 cm x B16.1 cm x D2.5 cm 456 g
- Gewicht: 456
- Sonstiges: Ab 18 J.
Über den Autor
Peter L. Beilenson, M.D., M.P.H., is the CEO of Evergreen Health Cooperative. He served as health officer of Howard County, Maryland, from 2007 to 2012 and as Baltimore City Health Commissioner from 1992 to 2005. Patrick A. McGuire is a journalist with more than twenty years of experience, fourteen of which were at the Baltimore Sun.
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