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Angel Face - The Making of a Criminal (Hardcover)
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Angel Face - The Making of a Criminal (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Revivals
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First published in 1977, Angel Face documents the penal life of
Walter Probyn, who spent 30 out of 44 years in prison and escaped
15 times. He describes the succession of events which began when he
was a nine-year-old 'blitz kid' who 'stole' a can of peas from a
bombed shop, and tells in absorbing and harrowing detail his time
in prison and on the run. Important though his description and
indictment of prison life and the treatment of so-called hardened
offenders may be, his particular attention to carefully planned and
ingenious escapes gives great insight into his fight for retaining
his independence and his insatiable craving for freedom. This is
not a book which glamourises crime. It does raise serious and
debatable questions about the need for reform of a penal system
which has failed in its objectives. These questions are discussed
in an introduction and final commentary by noted criminologist,
Stan Cohen, who puts Probyn's story into a wider context. His life
is a classic example of the way in which the penal system, far from
curing crime, may actually encourage it, by strengthening the
resolve and bitterness of those who resist being institutionalised
and fitting into authority's moulds. But is three-quarters of a
lifetime a responsible price to pay? The authorities and Walter
Probyn give different answers. This book will be of interest to
anyone intrigued by the other side of the penal system but
especially to students of law, criminology, and sociology.
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