TY - BOOK AU - Nix,Janice AU - Sheppard,Elizabeth TI - Breaking out SN - 9780008385941 U1 - 92 PY - 2021/// CY - London PB - HQ KW - Nix, Janice KW - Ex-convicts KW - Rehabilitation KW - England KW - Biography N1 - Fuck it bucket; Crisis centre; The year I took up badness; Aye aye, dick eye; Cops and robbers; If a woman runs the country—why can't we do this? ; Murder on New Bond Street; You're a different cat, Mama J; Money talk, bullshit walk; Waiting like a loaded gun; In the dock in Gucci; Green channel; Alone time; Position of trust; Nine to five to nine; Clearing up a hurricane with a dustpan and brush N2 - From petty shoplifter to gangland empress. From frightened runaway to proud mother. From drug dealer to probation worker. Janice Nix lived a life of crime. Groomed to work as a shoplifter in London's West End, she entered a glamorous underworld of beautiful possessions and drugs. As she rose to the top of her criminal empire, Janice achieved the money and status her family had never had. But one day, it had to come tumbling down. Several prison stretches later, Janice was reformed and inspired to join the probation service. Using everything she learned in her years on the streets, she's devoted her life to ensure girls like her don't make the same mistakes. This is her story ER -