The Criminal Alphabet: An A-Z of Prison Slang

By Noel 'Razor' Smith

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 014103856X
• ISBN13: 9780141038568
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: Penguin UK
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.9" x 5.0"