Working County Lines: Child Criminal Exploitation and Illicit Drug Dealing in Glasgow and Merseyside

This article explores recent developments within the U.K. drug market: that is, the commuting of gang members from major cities to small rural urban areas for the purpose of enhancing their profit from drug distribution. Such practice has come to be known as working "County Lines." We pres...

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Main Author: Robinson, Grace (Author)
Contributors: McLean, Robert ; Densley, James A.
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: [2019]
In: International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Keywords:
Child criminal exploitation
County lines
Drogenhandel
Drogenkurier
Drug supply
Gangs
Kinder
Organized crime

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