Smith Noel. The Criminal Alphabet: An A-Z of Prison Slang

Penguin UK, 2016. — 213 p. — ISBN10: 014103856X, 13 978-0141038568."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 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.Noel Smith "Razor" is a former professional bank robber.