Streetwise: Stories From An Irish Prison

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Every day the population of Ireland wakes up to reports of another horror case of crime. The streets have become unsafe to walk upon & yet nothing seems to be done about it. Politicians make noises voicing their disgust while the police make arrests only to have the perpetrators walk free. Despite all the media hype, no one seems to be any nearer to solving the problem. Streetwise reveals what is really happening on the streets. The stories contained here are told by prisoners: those who have been involved in crime & are now paying their debt to society, allowing the reader to enter the minds of criminals & begin to understand the circumstances behind their actions. Meet Chang, who started joyriding at eight years old & was infamous among police & legendary among fellow law-breakers by the age of 12; Mucka, a once saintly schoolboy who was abandoned by both his family & society so took to robbing as a form of revenge; PJ, man of the house & breadwinner at 11, alcoholic by 12; & Tommy, the divorc who was refused social welfare so robbed the Co-op of a million Euros & soon found the local wing of the IRA knocking at his door. An exhilarating, emotional roller coaster, Street Wise contains frank accounts from those who have succumbed to crime through boredom, poverty or desperation. It shows how men from different backgrounds have fallen into similar crime traps & what has finally placed them on the path to redemption.