Showing results by author "Richard Stephens" in True Crime

Because convicts spend enough time in prison to disrupt their connections to their families and their communities, they are generally not prepared for the difficult and often life-threatening process of reentry into the outside world. As a result, the percentage of these people who return to a life of crime and additional prison time escalates each year. Beyond Bars is the most current, practical and comprehensive guide for ex-convicts and their families about managing a successful reentry into the community.

This is the story of Harry Marsden and the abuse he and many others suffered during their childhoods at the hands of the Catholic Church in St Mary's children's home. This book tracks the young Harry Marsden from a four-year-old being abandoned by his mother, through the savage treatment he and many others endured from the strict and brutal regime of the Sisters of Charity, to his rise to the top of the crime world, and then his turnaround to becoming a top boxing coach honored with award after award.

This audiobook catalogues the rise of this worldwide crime wave where the car was the instrument of the criminals to get their ill-gotten gains. Includes an interview with one of the brains behind the most successful ramraid gang ever and follows his rise and eventual downfall. Feel the tension build up, feel the power surge of the turbo engine, hear the squeal of the wheels, the roar of the engine and later on...the slap of the cuffs as they go on!