| Your Honour Can I Tell You My Story? Contributor(s): Andi, Briarley (Author), Jim, Hopkinson (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 1909976644 ISBN-13: 9781909976641 Publisher: Waterside Press OUR PRICE: $28.45 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Criminals & Outlaws - Social Science | Social Work - Law | Criminal Law - Juvenile Offenders |
| Physical Information: 0.54" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.81 lbs) 258 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The challenging story of a young person's progress through care, prison and social rejection to youth justice specialist. It charts failures to connect with and modify the author's chaotic early life moving from place to place, school to school, fragmented parenting and poor role models. Encircled by crime, drugs and baffling adults, Andi Brierley ended up first in a young offender institution then prison where he learned to think like a prisoner for his own survival, making everything harder for everybody on release. Until he determined to change and others saw his unenviable past could be put to good use. |
Contributor Bio(s): Andi, Briarley: - Andi (Andrew) Brierley grew-up mainly in and around Leeds, where he is a Children Looked After/Care Leaver Specialist within the city's Youth Offending Service. He also spent time in the Midlands.Jim, Hopkinson: - Jim Hopkinson completed an MSc in Applied Social Studies at Oxford University, and became a qualified social worker. He then worked as a probation officer obtaining an MSc in Criminology and Criminal Justice at Loughborough University. Jim then moved to become a manager of a voluntary organization working with school excluded pupils. He joined Leicester Youth Offending Team at its inception in 1999 and became Head of Leeds Youth Offending Service in 2003. Since 2016 he has been Deputy Director of Children's Services in Bradford. |