Book Review: Lol Burke From Probation to the National Offender Management Service: Issues of Contestability, Culture and Community Involvement Issues in Community and Criminal Justice Monograph 6, Napo, 2005. 50 pp. £10 ISBN 0—901617—21—0
| Author | Kirsty Hudson |
| DOI | 10.1177/17488958080080030703 |
| Published date | 01 August 2008 |
| Date | 01 August 2008 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
Criminology & Criminal Justice 8(3)
time, those findings have not been seriously challenged since that theory of
‘disorganized’ gang membership was originally published (Decker and
Curry, 2002).
While some effort has been placed on the analysis of two distinct illicit
activities (drug smuggling and human trafficking), as a contemporary
analysis of organized crime it is disappointing to see that the identification
of a number of modern European developments in particular types of
increasingly popular entrepreneurial market-based crime for profit activities
have not been noted nor discussed. As a modern text it would have bene-
fited to have broadened the level of evaluation of entrepreneurial criminal
activities, particularly as two chapters on British and European organized
crime are set aside aide to discuss the changing patterns and activities of
organized crime. Despite these minor gripes this textbook will be of benefit
to newcomers to the study of organized crime and I recommend it as a use-
ful addition to the existing collection of works.
References
Cloward, R. and L. Ohlin (1960) Delinquency and Opportunity. New York:
Free Press.
Decker, S.H. and G.D. Curry (2002) ‘Gangs, Gang Homicides, and Gang
Loyalty: Organized Crimes or Disorganized Criminals’, Journal of Criminal
Justice 30(4): 343–52.
Lol Burke
From Probation to the National Offender Management Service: Issues of
Contestability, Culture and Community Involvement
Issues in Community and Criminal Justice Monograph 6, Napo, 2005.
50 pp. £10 ISBN 0–901617–21–0
• Reviewed by Kirsty Hudson, Cardiff University, UK
The role and organization of the National Offender Management Service
(NOMS) was originally set out in the Carter Report (Home Office, 2003).
Since that time, its framework has undergone several changes, with consid-
erable uncertainty remaining about how these will be implemented in prac-
tice. Baring this in mind, From Probation to the National Offender
Management Service is somewhat out of date....
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