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Record Nr.

UNINA9910483962303321

Autore

Spicer Jack

Titolo

Policing County Lines : Responses To Evolving Provincial Drug Markets / / by Jack Spicer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2021

ISBN

3-030-54193-2

Edizione

[1st ed. 2021.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

Palgrave Studies in Risk, Crime and Society, , 2946-2525

Disciplina

363.450941

364.1770941

Soggetti

Criminology

Transnational crime

Juvenile delinquents

Organized crime

Community development

Social service

Crime Control and Security

Transnational Crime

Youth Offending and Juvenile Justice

Organized Crime

Social Work and Community Development

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.