Contesting County Lines: Case Studies in Drug Crime and Deviant Entrepreneurship - Hardcover

by James A. Densley (Author), Robert McLean (Author), Carlton Brick (Author)

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 and misfortunes. Conventional wisdom surrounding county lines often portrays drugs runners as exploited victims and gang proliferation as a market-driven exercise, and suggests a business model facilitated exclusively by smart phone technology and routinely regulated by violence. Aimed at students, scholars, practitioners and policymakers, this myth-busting, accessible book offers a novel way of thinking about county lines in relation to gangs and serious organised crime and presents new ideas for drug crime prevention, intervention and enforcement.

Author Biography

James A. Densley is Department Chair of the School of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice, Metro State University Robert McLean is Lecturer at the School of Education and Social Sciences, University of the West of Scotland. Carlton Brick is Lecturer at the School of Education and Social Sciences, University of the West of Scotland.