Confined, Crammed, and Inextricable: What The Wire Gets Right

Sklansky, David Alan

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Confined, Crammed, and Inextricable: What The Wire Gets Right

David Alan Sklansky

University of California, Berkeley - School of Law

Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law, Vol. 8, No. 2, p. 473, 2011
UC Berkeley Public Law Research Paper No. 1856574

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This short essay, written for a symposium on the television series, "The Wire," uses a particular scene to discuss the show's treatment of the human and moral complexities of criminal justice work.

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Keywords: criminal law, police, popular culture, The Wire, criminal procedure, law enforcement

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Date posted: June 3, 2011

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Sklansky, David Alan, Confined, Crammed, and Inextricable: What The Wire Gets Right. Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law, Vol. 8, No. 2, p. 473, 2011; UC Berkeley Public Law Research Paper No. 1856574. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1856574

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