Over the past decade, the UK has experienced major policy and policy making change. This
text examines this shifting political and policy landscape while also highlighting the features …

Background: Youth violence and knife crime is increasing dramatically, so much so it has
been described as a global epidemic. The social, economic and political forces fuelling this …

With analysis occurring during a heightened concern with the Black Lives Matter movement
and knife crime in the UK, this paper aims to delineate the characteristics of a street code …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore how young people who offend with others
define delinquent and criminal groups and consider the social risk factors associated with …

Boys and young men have been previously overlooked in domestic violence and abuse
policy and practice, particularly in the case of boys who are criminalized and labelled as …

Combining a compulsive read with rigorous academic analysis, this book tells the real-life
stories of drug dealers involved in county lines networks, including their methods, motives …

Available Open Access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. It is increasingly recognized
that ethnonational frameworks are inadequate when examining the complexity of social life …

Purpose The victimisation and criminal involvement of young people in organised criminal
groups is a recognised form of child criminal exploitation (CCE) in the UK. Three phases of …

In Glasgow, street gangs have existed for decades, with knife crime becoming a defining
feature. More than a decade on from Deuchar's original fieldwork, this book explores the …

The County Lines (CL) drug supply model is a rapidly increasing threat. Metropolitan Police
Specialist Crime have developed a statistical formula, referred to as 'Orochi impact …