County Lines: Criminal Networks and Evolving Drug Markets in Britain

ISBN-13: 9783030333614 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 93 str.

Robert McLean; Grace Robinson; James A. Densley

Spis treści

Part I

 

Chapter 1. A Tale Of Two Research Sites

Glasgow and West Scotland

Crime and Drug Harms

Data Sources and Methods

Merseyside

Crime and Drug Harms

Data Sources and Methods

Chapter Summary

 

Chapter 2. County Lines In Context

Child Criminal Exploitation

County Lines

Cuckooing

Chapter Summary

 

Part II

 

Chapter 3. Illicit Drug Markets Today

The Rise of the Modern Gangster

Cornering an Evolving Market

Changing Course

Adopting a Professional Ethos

“I’m Professional, not a Thug”

Evolution Continues

Chapter Summary 

 

Chapter 4. Working County Lines

Location, Location, Location

Setting Up Shop

Networking

Cuckooing, incentives, advertising, and dealing

Transportation and Trafficking

Extra-Legal Governance

Chapter Summary

 

Chapter 5. Negotiating The Victim/Offender Nexus

Dealers or Victims?

Earning a wage

Working off debts

Wall of silence   

Organised Criminals or Getting by?

Chapter Summary

 

Part III

 

Conclusion

Discussion of Findings

Research Limitations

Implications for Policy and Research

O autorze

Robert McLean is a criminal justice lecturer at the University of the West of Scotland. As well as making a number of media appearances, McLean has also published widely on the topics of gang/group offending, (dis)organised crime, drug harms, and criminal desistance. 

Grace Robinson is Programme Leader of Criminology at Blackpool and the Fylde College. Grace has recently completed a PhD researching gangs, Child Criminal Exploitation and County Lines, at Edge Hill University.

James Densley is Professor of Criminal Justice at Metropolitan State University and co-founder of The Violence Project. He has received global media attention for his work on street gangs, criminal networks, violence, and policing. Densley is the author of two prior books, including How Gangs Work (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013), 40 refereed articles in leading social science journals, and over 50 book chapters, essays, and other non-refereed works. He earned his DPhil in sociology from the University of Oxford.