NCJ Number
20506
Date Published
1973
Length
209 pages
Annotation
AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL ACCOUNT OF A CRIMINAL CAREER AND EVENTUAL RADICALIZATION OF A FORMER INMATE IN FRANCE.
Abstract
THE AUTHOR WHO SPENT SEVERAL YEARS IN PRISONS THROUGHOUT FRANCE FOR VARIOUS THEFT OFFENSES DESCRIBES THE FACTORS WHICH HE SAYS LED TO HIS LIFE AS A CRIMINAL. HE PROVIDES DETAILS OF HIS TRIAL, LIFE IN PRISON AND THE DIFFICULTIES FACED ON RELEASE. FINALLY HE EXPLAINS THE FACTORS AND MOTIVATIONS THAT RESULTED IN HIS ROLE AS AN ADVOCATE OF REVOLT AMONG PRISONERS THROUGHOUT FRANCE. -IN FRENCH....BDS