Working county lines: Child criminal exploitation and illicit drug dealing in Glasgow and Merseyside

G Robinson, R McLean… - International Journal of …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
This article explores recent developments within the UK drug market: that is, the commuting
of gang members from major cities to small rural urban areas for the purpose of enhancing …

Financial risk management strategies of small to medium illicit drug enterprises: considering low-level money laundering

M Berry, M Salinas, RV Gundur - Trends in Organized Crime, 2023 - Springer
The illicit drug trade generates billions of dollars in revenue per year, much of which comes
from wholesale and retail sales late in the supply chain. Yet, the methods retailers and low …

Networked territorialism: the routes and roots of organised crime

A Clark, A Fraser, N Hamilton-Smith - Trends in Organized Crime, 2021 - Springer
In the digital age, space has become increasingly structured by the circuitry of global capital,
communications and commodities. This 'network society'splinters and fragments territorial …

Situating vulnerability and exploitation in street-level drug markets: Cuckooing, commuting, and the “County Lines” drug supply model

L Moyle - Journal of Drug Issues, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
The emergence of “county lines” drug dealing, a supply model which sees drug dealers
travel from urban hubs to provincial locations to retail heroin and crack cocaine, is now …

Reluctant Gangsters Revisited: The Evolution of Gangs from Postcodes to Profits

A Whittaker, J Densley, L Cheston, T Tyrell… - European Journal on …, 2020 - Springer
The aim of the current study was to understand how gangs have changed in the past 10
years since Pitts'(2008) study in the London Borough of Waltham Forest. The study …

'Trap Life': The psychosocial underpinnings of street crime in inner-city London

E Reid - The British Journal of Criminology, 2023 - academic.oup.com
This article explores urban men's involvement in the drug economy, examining the
conditions in which they become 'trapped'in difficult lifeworlds and identities. Through an …

The hybridization of street offending in the Netherlands

RA Roks, ER Leukfeldt… - The British Journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Based on the results of two research projects from the Netherlands, this paper explores how
street-oriented persons adapt and use digital technologies by focussing on the changing …

Polydrug use and drug market intersections within powerlifting cultures in remote South-West England

LA Turnock - Performance Enhancement & Health, 2021 - Elsevier
With the rising use of Image and Performance Enhancing Drugs (IPEDs), research has
increasingly pointed to a need for in-depth understanding of users' consumption behaviours …

Inside a steroid 'brewing'and supply operation in South-West England: An 'ethnographic narrative case study'

LA Turnock - Performance Enhancement & Health, 2020 - Elsevier
In looking to contextualize the implications of the increasing use of IPEDs, researchers have
explored some of the operations of the market in these drugs, both at the local level, and …

A typology of street robbery and gang organization: Insights from qualitative research in Scotland

S Harding, R Deuchar, J Densley… - The British journal of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Utilizing interviews with 42 current and ex-street offenders, this study explores the
relationship between street gang organization and robbery. Robbery type is affected by level …