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In this book we investigate which of the sentences available to the courts is the best at deterring offending, 'custody or community'? Is the solution to tackling crime and the causes of crime to continue locking-up people as we have done for years, at enormous cost to the taxpayer? Or is supervision in the community now the way forward?

The story centres on the murder of a young woman, Janet McMasters, in 1963 and Robert Kelly, the man who was hanged for her murder. Over two decades later the murder affects the lives of Andrew Myers and Jim Kelly, the hanged man's son. Jim Kelly, who was convinced his father was innocent and spent every spare moment trying to prove it, disappears in mysterious circumstances. Some years later, Andy's secure and predictable life changes in ways...

This is a chilling story about a future where huge, state protected pseudo-medical organisations, employ criminal gangs to murder innocent people for their body organs and sell and transplant those organs for vast profits. It is a warning to us today to be mindful of the dangers in a society where organ transplantation can degenerate into commercial exploitation. The Ten Percent man is a novel, in effect, that asks us to prevent such a society...

The Ten Percent man is a chilling story about a future where huge, state protected pseudo-medical organisations, employ criminal gangs to murder innocent people for their body organs and sell and transplant those organs for vast profits. It is a warning to us today to be mindful of the dangers in a society where organ transplantation can degenerate into commercial exploitation, it asks us to prevent such a society. But has it already begun? Ar...

Having examined and observed the many personal benefits that every Baby Boomer has enjoyed and then the bad experiences that the baby boomers have been subjected to, we use their valuable knowledge, experience and wisdom gleaned to help the younger generation recognise and then cope with the greatest enemy the people will come up against and the devious schemes this creature will employ.

Barn Building is about the confidence trick that is marketed as Peace and Security by big business but is yet another one of the ways that those with power and money, but no conscience pray upon the people. It is about how the friendly, network generating and mind settling concept of neighbour helping neighbour for worry-free ownership has been targeted by big business as a potential for making vast profits at the expense of people's bad luck ...

The concept of bullying, intimidation, coercion or whatever one wants to call being forced to do something against one's will is a subtext that runs through all of my books in the Unpalatable Truth series and in fact, runs throughout all of our lives and nobody appears to be exempt. Being ordered about by the boss or receiving a demand to pay money are everyday examples of being bullied, which one no doubt accepts. However, things that are oft...

This is the first book in a series of small books that will be taking a close look at society and being critical of what this writer and I would wager most reasonable people would consider unfair at best and downright wrong at worse. This particular book is concerned with exposing the truth of ideas that are put about by Religionists and what I have to say might upset some people. That is regrettable, but it is a chance I am prepared to take a...

According to the Joseph Roundtree Foundation, homelessness has increased steadily over the years.Homelessness, that disgusting state of affairs that exists in this country and indeed in the whole of the world today. We might not have any influence on the world, but perhaps we can contribute something positive to this problem in the United Kingdom. In this little book, I aim to observe and analyse the issues surrounding homelessness and report ...

Far from being the happy time it used to be Christmas brings dread to some families while bringing a bonanza of sales for the retailers who will always sell their goods regardless of the financial climate because of the credit (DEBT) card.This book is concerned with Christmas expenditure and is divided into three sections. The first section examines how this once happy and joyful time of the year has become a worrying time for many and discuss...

This little book investigates the pros and cons of our membership of the European Union. I admit from the start that I did not have all of the information when I was invited to cast my vote and it was a chance reading that caused me to vote the way I did. Since the result of the vote has been ignored I have made it my business to learn all I can about the European Union. How it functions, who gains the most and who gains the least (there do no...

Look Out, I'm Parenting Here is a must read for anyone who is taking on the challenges of raising toddlers today. This no-nonsense narrative is easily one of the best reference guides onthe market today.In a society where families are now spread across the country and young parents have little or no extended family support, Look Out, I'm Parenting Here relates the basic concepts of good traditional parenting in a friendly and easy to understan...

Look Out, I'm Parenting Here is a must read for anyone who is taking on the challenges of raising toddlers today. This no-nonsense narrative is easily one of the best reference guides onthe market today.In a society where families are now spread across the country and young parents have little or no extended family support, Look Out, I'm Parenting Here relates the basic concepts of good traditional parenting in a friendly and easy to understan...

The story centres on the murder of a young woman in 1963 and the man who was hanged for her murder. Over two decades later the murder impinges upon the lives of Jim Kelly, the hanged man's son and his friend Andrew Myers. Jim Kelly, who was convinced his father was innocent and spent every spare moment trying to prove it, disappears in mysterious circumstances. Some years later, Andrew's secure and predictable life changes in ways that he coul...