Supergrasses

`Greer's work is substantial, authoritative and reliable.' The Irish Times `The author's analysis of the controversial trials is excellent, but he also brings a human dimension into focus, which makes it an interesting book.' Irish Independent `Greer's work is substantial, authoritative and reliable.' The Irish Times `There have been other works on the supergrasses .... As you might expect from a £35 hardback, Greer's work is substantial, authoritative and reliable.' The Irish Times `Steven Greer's careful study of the "supergrasses" system is a definitive and long-lasting contribution to our knowledge of one aspect of the Northern Ireland conflict ... Greer's work is carried out with meticulous scholarship and enlivened by the grisly "human-interest stories" contained in his detailed and fascinating examination of the trials themselves.' Times Literary Supplement `'In this volume, Steven Greer presents a serious academic consideration of the supergrass system. In doing so, he makes a significant contribution to the literature on legal responses to terrorism....The book has much to commend it. The argument is based on meticulour research and the detailed accounts of the trials themselves illustrate well the points being made....Supergrasses will be of interest to academics and students of the process of criminal justice and will be particularly relevant to those examining anti-terrorist measures. Greer has produced an important piece of work that will be of benefit to the academic debate on the appropriate legal method of dealing with terrorists.'' THES `'a significant contribution to the literature on legal responses to terrorism...an important piece of work that will be of benefit to the academic debate on the appropriate legal method of dealing with terrorists'' Times Higher Education Supplement `'This book is simply fascinating: a warts and all account of the supergrass system in Ireland.'' Prison Writing