Articles by Waterside Press, our authors and associates.
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”
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”
Eight former officers have failed in their attempt to sue South Wales police for wrongful investigation and prosecution. Mr Justice Wyn Williams ruled that police were within their rights to investigate the eight for allegedly ‘fitting up’ the Cardiff Three, who were jailed in 1990 but released in 1992 after their convictions were quashed.… Read more “Cardiff Three officers lose their case against police”
by Bryan Gibson
John Baker was one of those authors who felt that it was important to set out his life and career path for posterity and for the benefit of others following a career in the law (and in his case politics).… Read more “His Honour John Baker (1925-2016)”
