The complexities of ‘disorganised crime’

A book by legal expert Dr Liz Campbell takes a balanced approach to gangland crime in Ireland, says Cormac O’Keeffe.

CRIME tends to be one of those areas where, to coin George Bush, you are either “with us or against us”.

You are either on the side of the State or on the side of criminals in what is a “war”. This is even more so when talking about organised or gangland crime.