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Bob Turney was raised on a notorious housing estate in South London, England. At age 15 he was consigned to the scrap heap by an education system that labelled him 'educationally subnormal'. Engulfed by a life of crime from an early age, he graduated to the fringes of organized crime and spent over 20 years drifting in and out of prisons.

The autobiography of a dyslexic, alcoholic, ex-prisoner. When this book was first published, Bob Turney had given up crime, was studying for a degree at Reading University and was generally rehabilitating himself by way of voluntary work. Three years on Bob is a probation officer now working in a Youth Justice Team (YOT) and is in considerable demand by the media and on the lecture circuit (including a USA tour at the start of 2000). His progress from down-and-out 'ex-con' to respected citizen is charted in this book which contains his life story up until 1997. In 1999, Bob Turney, Mark Leech (author of The Prisons Handbook 2002) and the internationally reknowned stage and screen actor Stephen Fry launched the organization UNLOCK, the National Association of ex-offenders, at Pentonville prison. At the same time, Bob Turney also co-operated with another Waterside author, Angela Devlin, on a remarkable set of recollections by other criminals about how they had turned their lives around. This led to another book Going Straight: After Crime and Punishment [see The Waterside Press Prison List] which is an ideal companion to I'm Still Standing for those readers who wish to explore the phenomenon of why and how at a certain point in their lives some people decide to give up crime permanently.

In this sequel to I'm Still Standing, ex-burglar Bob Turney tells of how he went from being wanted by the police and criminal underworld to being wanted for himself. It is an intriguing story of his journey from prisoner to upstanding citizen, husband, father, probation officer, author and broadcaster - told with self-deprecating humour, insight and deep concern for victims of crime in particular.He writes of life on both sides of the tracks and at each end of the social spectrum - and of how an educationally subnormal, dyslexic schoolboy grew up to take a degree, join the speaking circuit, become an author and have his writings adopted as core reading for university students!Wanted! is an entertaining work that is packed with unusual perspectives and insights concerning crime, criminal justice and penal affairs. It is also a work of hope and encouragement as Bob Turney tells the story of how he escaped from the wrong turnings and false values of his youth into a new life.