The Criminal Alphabet: An A-Z of Prison Slang

di Noel 'Razor' Smith (Autore)

Penguin Books Ltd, 2016

The ultimate guide to the criminal world through its slang - from insults to terms of respect, weapons to injuries, crimes to punishment 'I have spent almost 33 of the last 53 years in and out of prison, but mainly in. I was a juvenile offender back in the mid 1970s and went on to become an adult prisoner in the 1980s and beyond. My shortest prison sentence was 7 days (for criminal damage) and my longest sentence was life (for bank robbery and possession of firearms). I have 58 criminal convictions for everything from attempted theft to armed robbery and prison escape, and I was a career criminal for most of my life. What I do not know about criminal and prison slang could be written on the back of a postage stamp and still leave room for The Lord's Prayer . . . ' From ex-professional bank robber and best-selling author Noel Smith, this is the most authoritative dictionary of criminal slang out there - and an absorbing journey, through words, into the heart of the criminal world.

• Autore: Noel 'Razor' Smith
• Editore: Penguin Books Ltd
• Anno: 2016
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 384 p.
• Dimensioni: 198 x 129 mm
• Peso: 281 gr.
• EAN: 9780141038568

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