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A 5 page review of this inside look at the desperation of the inner city drug culture of West Baltimore. The author of this paper contends that this book is much more than an expose’ on sex, drugs and rock and roll. It is a window into a community in need, a community in which the drug culture of the inner city infiltrates other aspects of the city such as unemployment, housing and health care issues. It is, in fact, a testament to the desperation facing many urban neighborhoods throughout the United States. No additional sources are listed.
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Simon and Burns (2001) "The Corner" is an inside look at the desperation of the inner city drug culture of West Baltimore. The book is much more than
an expose on sex, drugs and rock and roll, however. It is a window into a community in need, a community in which the drug culture of the inner
city infiltrates other aspects of the city such as unemployment, housing and health care issues. It is, in fact, a testament to the desperation facing many urban neighborhoods throughout
the United States. This book offers a number of implications for policy and social work practice. No two authors are better equipped
to present the information found in "The Corner". Author Edward Burns is a former police officer with considerable experience in neighborhoods and situations which they find on "the corner".
David Simon has equally relevant experience as the author of "Homicide", a criminal expose which inspired the TV series of the same name. Burns and Simon spend a
year researching "The Corner", spending time with the people of what amounted to an open-air drug market. The most vivid message of "The
Corner" is the desperate situation under which the people of "the corner" exists. We find that the drug culture is alive and well. It is also one of
the greatest threats to safety, health, and welfare facing a community. In most cases the causative factors behind the rampant drug abuse illustrated by "The Corner" revolves around declining
societal mores. While at one time activities such as sexual promiscuity, drug and alcohol use, and violence were definitely frowned upon by society, its seems that today these activities
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