1. Borstal institutions, remand homes and approved schools filled by the products of an unhappy home life.

2. Due to the negligence of the defendant's employees, borstal trainees escaped and caused damage to neighbouring property.

3. After a spell in borstal he was introduced to influential figures in the London underworld of the mid-60s.

4. He was sent to borstal for stealing.

5. BORSTAL BOY is the autobiographical record of Behan's experiences from that day through his imprisonment, trial, remand to reform school and final release.

6. Schools for delinquents in England are called Borstal Institutions, and Behan's account of his years as a "Borstal Boy" is told in vigorous, dramatic prose.

7. Several in both groups were lesbian, some because they had formed such relationships in approved school or Borstal.

8. Frequently Ruth wondered why he hadn't ended up in borstal or some other institution.