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So You Think You Know Me?
Author Allan Weaver
Foreword by
Mike Nellis and Fergus McNeill
Pages
224
Format
Paperback
Published
19/06/2008
ISBN-10
190438045X
ISBN-13
9781904380450
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So You Think You Know Me?
~ Allan Weaver
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The autobiography of an ex-offender and twice-times inmate of Barlinnie Prison, now a social work team-leader in his native Scotland.
As a local hard case, author Allan Weaver took no prisoners. Neither does he in this compelling work in which he tells of a life of violent episodes and chaotic early life. Teachers, social workers and ‘authority figures’ never tried ‘to get to know him’ to unearth the clues and triggers and discover what his offending was all about. A natural rebel and a radical, it is hardly surprising that by ignoring the real Allan Weaver this led to an escalation of his violent activities, tensions between family and friends and dubious associates.
So You Think You Know Me? is packed with contradictions: the Allan Weaver involved in mayhem and aggression is not the one telling the story from inside his own head: an often vulnerable, sensitive, articulate, unquestionably loyal and even-handed individual; mistaken, misguided and foolish perhaps but largely trapped by an increasing need to live up to his ‘tough guy’ reputation.
That there can be any tidy ending to this graphic true-life account of approved school, assessment centres, care homes, borstal and Glasgow’s notorious Barlinnie Prison is quite remarkable yet Allan Weaver survived to obtain a degree from Strathclyde University and to work on the inside of the Criminal Justice System with young people who, like he was, are in trouble with the law. The punches that he now throws are directed towards the shortcomings of a system which he believes is failing to do all that it could to turn them away from crime and anti-social behaviour as he explains in this heartfelt autobiography.
Essential reading for anyone involved with serious young offenders, especially those of a violent disposition.
Launched at Glasgow School of Social Work, for audio from the launch click here (external link to Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services website).
Reviews
'When Mr Weaver talks about the importance of tackling the causes of crime, he does so from an unusual position of authority and experience': The Scotsman
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