The Honest Politician

Politics, hey... ya gotta laugh!... but especially if you're looking through the eyes of a politician. So, let's have a look at our contemporary world through the eyes of a politician... but not just any politician... one with a difference... a big difference... one who tries to be open and honest... well, most of the time. It isn't easy. But please be warned... these are not just stories about the argy-bargy of politics... there are many home truths, belly laughs and cutting insights... but there is a whole lot more. This is satire at its powerful best aimed at the many unique characters and groups, and the fractious and divisive issues that are found in contemporary life. This rich and amusing tapestry will be unwoven and revealed before your very eyes... but through his eyes. This is the first of eight books in this series. The characters highlighted here range from: the disgruntled and mistreated elderly; the savvy long-term unemployed; monstrous and disrespectful bikies; tattooed and humble bodyguards; discourteous and strangely ambitious teenagers; the desperate but optimistic homeless; captivating street artists; captains of failing industries; frazzled shoppers; a conniving Ponzi Schemer, and many others in between. Enjoy! Book 1 1. The Elderly. 2. The Unemployed. 3. Teenagers. 4. The Homeless. 5. Business People. 6. Ponzi Schemers.

"This is the first of four books in this series. The characters highlighted here range from discourteous teenagers; the savvy longterm unemployed; frazzled shoppers; the conniving media, dodgy financial backers; captains of failing industries... and everyone in between." -- back cover.

Through a comprehensive analysis of legislative and organisational changes and interviews with all the key players, The Honest Politician's Guide to Prisons and Probation provides an authoritative account of the crisis which has gradually engulfed the prison and probation services since 1991. Setting out the nature and extent of the crisis, King and Willmott show how the Woolf agenda was overridden in a process of political churn, through explorations of the Conservative government until 1997, New Labour from 1997 to 2010 and the Coalition and Conservative governments since 2010. Uniquely, interviews with all surviving Home Secretaries and Justice Secretaries of the period include insightful and candid reflections upon their time in office, and how they saw the future. Views from both inside and outside the prisons and probation services are also explored, based on interviews with the Director Generals of the Prison Service and of the new National Probation Service, Chief Inspectors of Prisons and Probation and the four most recent Lord Chief Justices, including Lord Woolf himself. Concluding by drawing on this collective wisdom, King and Willmott set out what is needed for an effective and sustainable future. It is essential reading not just for those in Westminster, but also for practitioners in criminal justice, advocacy organisations, thinktanks and scholars and students in Criminology, Criminal Justice, British Politics and Public Policy.

Norval Morris and Gordon Hawkins's first premise is that our criminal justice system is a moral busybody, unwisely extended beyond its proper role of protecting persons and property. But they go further and systematically cover the amount, costs, causes, and victims of crime: the reduction of violence; the police; corrections; juvenile delinquency; the function of psychiatry in crime control; organized crime; and the uses of criminological research. On each topic precise recommendations are made and carefully defended.

After visiting my hometown of Thomaston, Georgia, in summer of 1991, I took a train back to New York and met two guys whom I started conversing with about our various lives. One guy was into artwork, and all I remember is that his name was Maurice. The other guy, our token white guys, was an author named Philip Lee Williams (Perfect Timing, All the Western Stars, The Song of Daniel). As we spoke, I told Philip about my desire to write a bio, and he offered me advice about the publishing business

Through a comprehensive analysis of legislative and organisational changes and interviews with all the key players, The Honest Politician’s Guide to Prisons and Probation provides an authoritative account of the crisis which has gradually engulfed the prison and probation services since 1991. Setting out the nature and extent of the crisis, King and Willmott show how the Woolf agenda was overridden in a process of political churn, through explorations of the Conservative government until 1997, New Labour from 1997 to 2010 and the Coalition and Conservative governments since 2010. Uniquely, interviews with all surviving Home Secretaries and Justice Secretaries of the period include insightful and candid reflections upon their time in office, and how they saw the future. Views from both inside and outside the prisons and probation services are also explored, based on interviews with the Director Generals of the Prison Service and of the new National Probation Service, Chief Inspectors of Prisons and Probation and the four most recent Lord Chief Justices, including Lord Woolf himself. Concluding by drawing on this collective wisdom, King and Willmott set out what is needed for an effective and sustainable future. It is essential reading not just for those in Westminster, but also for practitioners in criminal justice, advocacy organisations, thinktanks and scholars and students in Criminology, Criminal Justice, British Politics and Public Policy.