The Criminal Alphabet - An A-Z of Prison Slang

Informationen zum Autor Noel "Razor" Smith Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. ...

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• Authors: , Razor", Noel "Razor" Smith, Noel " Smith, Noel Razor Smith, Noel ''Razor'' Smith, Noel 'Razor' Smith, Smith Noel
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 25.08.2016
• EAN: 9780141038568
• ISBN: 978-0-14-103856-8
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 22 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries; True Crime, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, REFERENCE / Dictionaries, Language: history & general works, Dialect, slang & jargon, Language: history and general works, Dialect, slang and jargon