Category: Drugs, National Security, Translated books

Publication Year: 2025

Language: Arabic

Publisher: Naif University Press

Author: Jack Spicer

Translator: Munzir Absi

Reviser: Eman Ragab

This book studies and analyzes the phenomenon of "county lines" in the United Kingdom, which is a complex drug trafficking network connecting major urban centers to remote rural areas through criminal distribution lines that exploit children, youth, and vulnerable social groups in society. This pattern of crime poses an increasing challenge to police forces due to its rapid adaptability and evasive tactics that surpass traditional models of organized crime. The author, Jack Spicer, offers a nuanced critical analysis of how the police have responded to this emerging threat, highlighting the existing tension between legal frameworks and criminal policies on the one hand, and the demands of daily fieldwork on the other. He also raises essential questions about the effectiveness and limitations of security interventions, and whether current policies genuinely address the structural causes of crime or merely reproduce them in different forms. The translation of this book into Arabic serves as an important reference for researchers, practitioners, and policymakers in the fields of criminology, security studies, criminal justice, and drug enforcement. It also provides a deep critical perspective that helps the Arab reader understand the current transformations in contemporary crime patterns, their mechanisms of spread, and the state's responses to confront them.

ISBN: 978-603-8487-38-9

Dimensions: 23x 1.5x 16cm

Weight: 555 Gram

Pages: 378