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County Lines

Criminal Networks and Evolving Drug Markets in Britain

By: Robert McLean,Grace Robinson,James A. Densley

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County Lines

Criminal Networks and Evolving Drug Markets in Britain

By: Robert McLean,Grace Robinson,James A. Densley

This brief sheds light on evolving drug markets and the county lines phenomenon in the British context. Drawing upon empirical research gathered in the field between 2012-2019 across two sites, Scotland’s West Coast and Merseyside in England, this book adopts a grounded approach to the drug supply model, detailing how drugs are purchased, sold and distributed at every level of the supply chain at both sites. The authors conducted interviews with practitioners, offenders, ex-offenders and those members of the general public most effected by organised crime. The research explores how drug markets have continued to evolve, accumulating in the phenomenon that is county lines. It explores how such behavior has gradually become ever more intertwined with other forms of organised criminal activity. Useful for researchers, policy makers, and law enforcement officials, this brief recommends a rethinking of current reactive policing strategies.

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3030333620

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Scotland’s Gang Members

Life and Crime in Glasgow

By: Robert McLean,James A. Densley

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Scotland’s Gang Members

Life and Crime in Glasgow

By: Robert McLean,James A. Densley

Drawing on extensive life-history interviews with serious violent offenders, this book offers a unique socio-historical analysis of gang membership and gang evolution in Glasgow, Scotland’s largest city. The book chronicles the lives of young men in and around Glasgow from early childhood to present day and examines the lived experience of family, friendship, community, and crime. It demonstrates how street reputations are won and lost and how gang membership is not a single event but an experiential process of offending, victimisation, consensus, and conflict. The book follows the young men’s descent into knife crime and street violence and the impact of imprisonment on their life chances. Detailed narratives capture how they individually and collectively transitioned from street violence to profit-driven organised crime, before eventually disengaging from gangs and desisting from offending. The book concludes with an in-depth discussion of the evolution of gangs and organised crime in the 21st century and in the inner-workings of Scotland’s marketplace for illegal goods and services, with implications for police, practitioners, and policymakers. A page-turner from start to finish, Scotlands’ Gang Members is a truly unique contribution to knowledge about gangs and crime, written to high academic standards but readable and accessible to all.

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202

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3030477525

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9783030477523

Robbery in the Illegal Drugs Trade

Violence and Vengeance

By: Robert McLean,James A. Densley

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Robbery in the Illegal Drugs Trade

Violence and Vengeance

By: Robert McLean,James A. Densley

Robbery can be planned or spontaneous and is a typically short, chaotic crime that is comparatively under-researched. This book transports the reader to the streets and focuses on the real-life narratives and motivations of the youth gang members and adult organized criminals immersed in this form of violence. Uniquely focusing on robberies involving drug dealers and users, this book considers the material and emotional gains and losses to offenders and victims, and offers policy recommendations to reduce occurrences of this common crime.

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Policy Press

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152922392X

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9781529223927

Police, Prosecutors, Courts, and the Constitution

Toward Ending the “Awful but Lawful” Era

By: Charles E. MacLean,James A. Densley

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Police, Prosecutors, Courts, and the Constitution

Toward Ending the “Awful but Lawful” Era

By: Charles E. MacLean,James A. Densley

This book delves into a multitude of practices that, although deemed “lawful” by courts, are undeniably “awful” and unethical. From police officers employing deceit to extract confessions or consent to search, to prosecutors manipulating innocent individuals to relinquish their rights and plead guilty, to excessive force by law enforcement, these practices erode public trust in the criminal legal system and deny justice to those affected. With a critical examination of these deeply flawed tactics, this volume goes beneath the surface to explore their profound impact on the ethical standards and emotional health of justice system practitioners. It forcefully argues for a reclaiming of The Social Contract and for peace officers and prosecutors to unequivocally reject these unethical methods and recognize the urgent need for a criminal justice system that truly embodies ethics and fairness. This work equips police officers, prosecutors, judges, and legislators with invaluable research, enabling them to actively advocate for a transformed system that ethically serves justice for all in the post-George Floyd era.

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180

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Springer Nature

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3031390822

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9783031390821

Contesting County Lines

Case Studies in Drug Crime and Deviant Entrepreneurship

By: James Densley,Robert McLean,Carlton Brick

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Contesting County Lines

Case Studies in Drug Crime and Deviant Entrepreneurship

By: James Densley,Robert McLean,Carlton Brick

Combining a compulsive read with rigorous academic analysis, this book tells the real-life stories of drug dealers involved in county lines networks, including their methods, motives and misfortunes. Conventional wisdom surrounding county lines often portrays drugs runners as exploited victims and gang proliferation as a market-driven exercise, and suggests a business model facilitated exclusively by smart phone technology and routinely regulated by violence. Aimed at students, scholars, practitioners and policymakers, this myth-busting, accessible book offers a novel way of thinking about county lines in relation to gangs and serious organised crime and presents new ideas for drug crime prevention, intervention and enforcement.

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1529232104

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County Lines

County Lines

Scotland’s Gang Members

Scotland’s Gang Members

Robbery in the Illegal Drugs Trade

Robbery in the Illegal Drugs Trade

Police, Prosecutors, Courts, and the Constitution

Police, Prosecutors, Courts, and the Constitution

Contesting County Lines

Contesting County Lines

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