Policing County Lines

Responses To Evolving Provincial Drug Markets
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-3-030-54192-7
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 253 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 468 g

Reihe: Palgrave Studies in Risk, Crime and Society

The County Lines phenomenon has become one of the most significant drug market developments in the UK over recent years. This book analyses how it is being responded to by the police in affected provincial areas. Drawing on unique ethnographic fieldwork, it takes readers into police stations and out onto the streets with officers, providing timely insight into the policing of this high profile and challenging drug market context. The book considers the use of new police tactics that have been proposed and familiar methods that officers regularly embarked on. Through a sophisticated theoretical framework it argues that the policing of County Lines can often be considered ‘symbolic’, with concerns regularly placed on sending out strong messages that appear superficial when closely examined. Alongside this, however, there appears to be a progressive shift towards a more pragmatic drugs policing approach that embraces harm reduction principles.This cutting-edge research speaks to academics in Criminology and Policing, and to practitioners and policy makers.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Spicer, Jack

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Jugendkriminalität
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Verwaltungsrecht Verwaltungspraxis Polizei
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Innen-, Bildungs- und Bevölkerungspolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction.- 2. County Lines.- 3. Policing Drug Markets.- 4. Navigating A ‘Newsy’ Field.- 5. Policing A Crisis?.- 6. New Tactics.- 7. More Of The Same?.- 8. Drug Market Priorities.- 9. Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Jack Spicer is Lecturer in Criminology at UWE, Bristol, UK. His research interests include the functioning of illicit drug markets, drug law enforcement and drug policy. In 2019 he was awarded “Best Early Career Researcher” by the International Society for the Study of Drug Policy.