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Title Criminal conversations : an anthology of the work of Tony Parker / edited by Keith Soothill ; introduction by Terence Morris
Published New York : Routledge, 1999

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Description xii, 254 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Contents Preface / Keith Soothill -- Introduction / Terence Morris -- Pt. I. Inadequates. In the cooler - Kendon Prender. A life story - Charlie Smith. Private shame - Janie Preston. It's very great problem - Donald. Harriet Martineau -- Pt. II. Villainy: a way of life. I've always been a criminal - Robert Allerton. A hard nut - Archie. People like me - Hank Sullivan -- Pt. III. Some answers to a question. This is the question. Archie. Ron. Donald. Clive. Bernie. Geoff. Norman Edwards -- Pt. IV. Nonces. A malady come upon you - Wilfred Johnson. Marriage brings problems - Harry Mills. A radio is a very good friend - Norman. Stuck - Stanley Hart -- Pt. V. Frauds and false pretence merchants. The F.P. merchants. White-slave trafficking - Bernie. I've been very lucky - Miss McDonald -- Pt. VI. At death's door. In the condemned cell - Michael Davies. My story - Betty Drew. Happiness is just a word - Gus Webster -- Pt. VII. Conclusion. Some very basic principles of interviewing / Tony Parker
Some notes on what questions to ask, and how / Tony Parker. Principles of tape-recorded interviewing / Tony Parker. Only listen ... Some reflections on Tony Parker's methodology / Lyn Smith
Summary Criminal Conversations is an anthology of the work of Tony Parker who has been the most outstanding interviewer of criminals since the Second World War. His work spans the 1960s to the 1990s and he speaks intimately to all kinds of offenders - inadequates, professional criminals, sex offenders, frauds and false pretence merchants
Notes Principally interviews confined to the words of the persons interviewed
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Subject Criminal psychology -- Great Britain -- Case studies.
Criminals -- Great Britain -- Case studies.
Criminals -- Great Britain -- Interviews.
Prisoners -- Great Britain -- Case studies.
Prisoners -- Great Britain -- Interviews.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Author Parker, Tony
Soothill, Keith.
LC no. 98042332
ISBN 0415197392
0415197406 (paperback)