County lines and the criminal exploitation of children and young people: An exploratory and critical study of children and young people in the local

坎布里亚郡当局照顾系统（续自标题）：被置于地方当局照顾的儿童和青少年被广泛认为处于被帮派和所谓的县线毒贩犯罪剥削的不成比例的风险之中。自2015年以来，接受地方当局照顾的儿童和青少年人数增加了12%，从略低于7万人增加到近8万人。这一增长主要是青少年，“10-15岁”和“16岁及以上”年龄组接受地方当局照料的儿童和青年人数分别增加了18%和21%。与此同时，被地方当局安置在不受监管的养老院的儿童和年轻人增加了80%。被安置在不受监管的环境中，成人监督和专业支持有限，而且往往远离其关系和支持网络，这进一步增加了伤害和犯罪剥削的风险。通过对“护理系统”中的儿童和青年以及来自一系列关键利益攸关方的专家和从业人员进行深入访谈，并通过收集强有力的统计数据，本研究将严格审查系统对县级毒品网络中地方当局护理中剥削儿童和青年的反应。在这样做的过程中，研究将有助于在关键的青年研究和背景保护的理论辩论，并提出建议，这将解决失败的儿童和青年人的照顾放在地方当局的照顾。

authority care system in Cumbria (continuation from the title).Children and young people placed in local authority care are widely regarded as being at disproportionate risk of being criminally exploited by gangs and so-called county line drug dealers. Since 2015, the number of children and young people taken into local authority care has increased by 12 per cent, from just under 70,000 to nearly 80,000. This increase is predominantly accounted for by adolescents, with the number of children and young people in local authority care in the age groups '10-15' and '16 and over' increasing 18 per cent and 21 per cent respectively. This has coincided with an 80% increase in children and young people being placed in unregulated care homes by their local authority. Placements in unregulated settings with limited adult oversight and professional support and often a large distance away from their relationships and support networks, further increase the risk of harm and criminal exploitation. Through in-depth interviews with children and young people in the 'care system' and experts and practitioners from a range of key stakeholders and by gathering robust statistical data, this research will critically examine the system response to the exploitation of children and young people in local authority care in county lines drugs networks. In doing so, the research will contribute to theoretical debates in critical youth studies and contextual safeguarding and make recommendations which will address failures within the care provision for children and young people placed in the care of the local authority.