Book Details

County Lines

Publication year: 2020

ISBN: 978-3-030-33362-1

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This brief sheds light on evolving drug markets and the county lines phenomenon in the British context. Drawing upon empirical research gathered in the field between 2012-2019 across two sites, Scotland’s West Coast and Merseyside in England, adopts a grounded approach to the drug supply model, detailing how drugs are purchased, sold and distributed at every level of the supply chain at both sites. 


Subject: Law and Criminology, county lines, organized crime groups, child criminal exploitation, youth criminal exploitation, drug supply, drug supply model, organized crime, Organized Crime, Youth Offending and Juvenile, Justice