Few shows have properly depicted the raw, unfiltered connection between politics, crime, class and law like The Wire. The intense, hour-long drama lasted six seasons and is still regarded as one of the best television shows ever broadcast. Now, the HBO series will live on with a new medium: the college classroom.

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The University of Pittsburgh's School of Law will host a course entitled Crime, Law and Society in The Wire. The course, now open for enrollment for the 2017-2018 academic year, will focus on the political, social and legal impact the series has had on society. According to the university's website, the course will "use The Wire as a text to study many of the most important and intractable problems in the criminal justice system in America today, including drug enforcement, race, confessions, police manipulation of crime statistics, mass incarceration, use of force, gender, criminal organizations, gun violence, and honesty and accountability in law enforcement."

David A. Harris will teach the course and will encourage group discussions on the first two seasons of the series.

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