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Crack House by: Harry Keeble, Kris Hollington List Price: £12.99 City Travel Guides Price: £7.44 You Save: £5.55 (43%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Paperback EAN: 9781847371195 ISBN: 1847371191 Label: Simon & Schuster Ltd Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster Ltd Number Of Pages: 288 Publication Date: June 02, 2008 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd Studio: Simon & Schuster Ltd Sales Rank: 137429 Related Items:
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 Rating:  - Great and informative readHighly recommended. I don't usually read crime nonfiction but found this book so gripping I didn't want to put it down. It's got a very pacy style and leads you deep into a truly frightening underworld. It really made me understand the causes of the gang culture and crime we are all facing and the institutionalised incompetence of the Met and if only it could be read by the government and the senior people in the police perhaps more could be done to make society safer. Rating: - Shocking, gripping read of policing at the sharp endA riveting read. Normally I'm not that big a fan of non-fiction but I needed a final book for my latest 3-for-2 selection from Waterstones and this suddenly leapt out at me. The story was simple and irresistible - one man's mission to close 100 crack houses in one year. The next morning I missed my tube stop on my way into work. It really was `unputdownable' - books like this are all-too rare these days. Rating: - Crack AttackAn important look at a side of society we don't often get to see (at least those of us not living in an inner-city area). It was great to learn that the police needn't always be left helpless by budget cuts and political correctness. The scene where Harry is given his 'office' - technically a stock cupboard - is fantastic. Highly recommended. Rating: - do ya feel lucky punk. Well?! do ya?!This book doesn't hold back in its description of the victims of the drugs trade. The opening chapter looks at how a kilo of coke makes its way from the fields of south america to a crack den in london, a den which the author then raided. It shows how coke has caused nothing but death and destruction on its terrible journey. this for me was a real eye-opener, and should be used to educate kids in schools about the effect of how buying drugs hurts so many people and maintains an evil life-destroying trade. Just like we are taught to recycle, not to wear fur, not to buy blood diamonds the message about drugs should be that simply the act of buying coke leads to the deaths of more people, usually the poorest and most ... Read More: Rating:  - a 'one star' book reviewMy review also gives one star for silly throwaway statistics that are not backed up by any source reference eg page 13 one third of all women in prison in England and Wales are Jamaican mules Statements like this at the start of the book will give you a good indication of the lengths you have to stretch your imagination to throughout the rest. |
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