RT Article T1 Working County Lines: Child Criminal Exploitation and Illicit Drug Dealing in Glasgow and Merseyside JF International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology VO 63 IS 5 SP 694 OP 711 A1 Robinson, Grace A1 McLean, Robert A1 Densley, James A. 1982- LA English YR 2019 UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1667807668 AB 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 present findings drawn from qualitative research with practitioners working to address serious and organized crime and participants involved in street gangs and illicit drug supply in both Glasgow and Merseyside, United Kingdom. We find evidence of Child Criminal Exploitation (CCE) in County Lines activity, often as a result of debt bondage; but also, cases of young people working the lines of their own volition to obtain financial and status rewards. In conclusion, we put forward a series of recommendations which are aimed at informing police strategy, practitioner intervention, and wider governmental policy to effectively address this growing, and highly problematic, phenomenon. K1 Gangs K1 County lines K1 Child criminal exploitation K1 Drug supply K1 Organized crime K1 Drogenhandel K1 Kinder K1 Drogenkurier DO 10.1177/0306624X18806742