Inside the U D A

Colin Crawford formerly worked as a Probation Officer in the Maze prison. He now lectures in Applied Social Studies at the University of Ulster. He is the author of Defenders or Criminals: Loyalist Prisoners and Criminalisation (Blackstaff, 1999) and Inside the UDA (Pluto, 2003).

"Colin Crawford's book is certainly to be welcomed ... As a probation officer who works with former loyalist prisoners, Crawford was almost uniquely placed to produce an 'ethnography' on loyalism, in which sections of the UDA describe themselves and their actions, in their own words." Roger Cottrell, Lobster 4

• AcknowledgementsAbbreviationsPreface: By Marie Smyth1. Introduction To The Conflict In Northern Ireland2. Researching The UDA3. The UDA/UFF: History, Organisation And Structure4. Phase One: Beginnings. The UDA’s Chaotic Sectarian War 5. Phase Two: The 1980s UDA/UFF - From Infiltration To Re-Organisation6. Phase Three: The Mid 1980s Travelling Gunmen And The Selective Strategy7. Phase Four: The 1990s The Selective Strategy And Retaliatory Sectarian Murder8. Phase Five: The Shankill Bomb And The Greysteel MassacreConclusionBibliography