15 November 2017
Poet and author addresses students at Birmingham City University (BCU).
Justin Rollins’ autobiographical book The Lost Boyz and poetry collection Street Crhymes have been adopted as required reading for over 500 Criminology students at BCU. Both deal with his life on the streets of South London as a gang member facing violence daily and other risks of a throwaway lifestyle.… Read more “Ground-Breaking Approach to Studies in Criminology”
Author and penal reformer, Bob Turney
I wholeheartedly recommend this book to anyone who reads and enjoys non-fiction crime books as I found it gave a fascinating insight into one the most notorious crimes of the last century. Harry Roberts, John Duddy and John Witney, shot dead three police officers on the streets of Shepherd’s Bush in August 1966 and this book goes into great detail about the murders.… Read more “Review of Harry Roberts and Foxtrot One-One”
5 October 2017
We are pleased to announce that Preventing Self-Injury and Suicide in Women’s Prisons by Tammi Walker and Graham Towl is the Winner of the British Psychological Society Book Award 2017 – Practitioner Text Category.
The judgement criteria: “The Society’s Book Award recognises excellent published work in psychology.… Read more “Winner! British Psychological Society Book Award 2017”
30 August 2017, by Michael O’Connell
In my book Delusions of Innocence (Waterside Press, 2017) I describe how, following the release of Stefan Kiszko, who was wrongly convicted of that murder in 1976 in one of the UK’s most tragic miscarriages of justice, the police continued to keep the case under review.… Read more “The Trial and Conviction of Ronald Castree for the Murder of Lesley Molseed”
Geoff Barton’s book The Tottenham Outrage and Walthamstow Tram Chase was launched at the Royal Oak, Highams Park, London. The venue is near to where the chase ended and the launch was held on its anniversary.
Find out more about the book and order online at The Tottenham Outrage and Walthamstow Tram Chase.… Read more “Gallery: The Tottenham Outrage and Walthamstow Tram Chase”
