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

县界与对儿童和青少年的犯罪剥削：对当地儿童和青少年的探索性和批判性研究

• 批准号: 2757276
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Durham University
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2757276
• 关键词: County; lines; criminal; exploitation; children

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.

坎布里亚郡的当局照料系统（续标题）。人们普遍认为，置于地方当局照料之下的儿童和青少年面临着被犯罪团伙和所谓的县线毒贩犯罪剥削的不成比例的风险。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%，从不到 70,000 人增加到近 80,000 人。这一增长主要由青少年造成，地方当局照顾的“10-15岁”和“16岁及以上”年龄组的儿童和青少年人数分别增加了18%和21%。与此同时，被地方当局安置在不受监管的护理院的儿童和青少年数量增加了 80%。安置在不受监管的环境中，成人监督和专业支持有限，而且往往远离他们的关系和支持网络，进一步增加了伤害和犯罪剥削的风险。通过对“护理系统”中的儿童和青少年以及来自一系列关键利益相关者的专家和从业者进行深入访谈，并通过收集可靠的统计数据，本研究将批判性地研究系统对县级毒品网络中地方当局护理中儿童和青少年遭受剥削的反应。在此过程中，该研究将为批判性青年研究和背景保护方面的理论辩论做出贡献，并提出建议，以解决地方当局照顾的儿童和青少年的照顾方面的失败问题。