num_pages: 240
description: Every day the population of Ireland wakes up to reports of another horror case of crime. The streets have become unsafe to walk upon and yet nothing seems to be done about it. Streetwise reveals what is really happening on the streets. The stories contained here are told by prisoners—those who have been involved in crime and are now paying their debt to society, allowing the reader to enter the minds of criminals and begin to understand the circumstances behind their actions. Meet Chang, who started joyriding at 8-years-old and was infamous among police and legendary among fellow law-breakers by the age of 12; Mucka, a once saintly schoolboy who was abandoned by both his family and society so took to robbing as a form of revenge; and Tommy, the divorcee who was refused social welfare so robbed the co-op of a million Euros and soon found the local wing of the IRA knocking at his door.
language: English
title: Streetwise: Stories from an Irish Prison
titlecomplete: Streetwise: Stories from an Irish Prison
ratings_count: 22
publisher: Mainstream Publishing