NCJ Number
230935
Date Published
2010
Length
18 pages
Annotation
This chapter reviews the implementation process for the United Kingdom's National Offender Management Model (NOMM), and examines progress toward fulfilling its potential.
Abstract
The NOMM is described on the British Ministry of Justice's Web site as "a single, universal core, end-to-end process which transcends the separate contributions of the main providers," based on a "one offender, one manager structure" and "a single sentence plan." Thus, under the NOMM, it is intended that the same person oversee every aspect of the progress of an offender through the criminal justice and penal systems, from the preparation of the presentence report to the end of the order or license, so as to make the rehabilitative process as coherent and personalized as possible from the offender's perspective. Upon being adopted, the NOMM was viewed as a means of resolving the problem of a dysfunctional separation between prisons and probation, since offenders would be subject to a single sentence management process whether in custody or under supervision in the community. Since its initial implementation, there have been many changes in the design and structure of the National Offender Management System (NOMS). Rehabilitative work with offenders is increasingly being undertaken through partnerships that involve a variety of statutory, voluntary, and private agencies, as well as through the provision of mentors or support workers. There are two sets of constraints, however, that might impede the model from delivering what it promises. First, constraints on resources have limited the extent to which the aspirations of the model can be put into practice. Second, policies and strategies have not always been coherent, and pursuit of some objectives has obstructed others that may be equally or more valuable. 3 notes and 70 references