Contesting County Lines

Robert McLean, James Densley, Carlton Brick

ISBN 10: 1529232066 / ISBN 13: 9781529232066

Published by Bristol University Press, GB, 2023

About this Item

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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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Contesting County Lines
• Publisher: Bristol University Press, GB
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1529232066
• ISBN 13: 9781529232066
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

University of the West of Scotland