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Publisher's Summary
County Lines - the new breed of exploitation plaguing the streets of a town near you.
If you've heard any news report on the upsurge in knife crime recently, you'll have heard the words 'county lines'. From the street slang that was once known as 'going country' - it sees powerful drugs gangs supplying outside of the capital through an underworld 'emerging markets enterprise', using children as young as 12 and vulnerable men and women to do their dirty work.
Teens whose bereaved relatives assume they led ordinary lives, who tell us they were 'good kids', suddenly end up stabbed to death with no seeming motive. At night, on a usually quiet suburban street, a massive knife fight erupts, and two kids end up on life support. Their parents tell the news they weren't in a gang.... What is really going on?
Jason Farrell, Home Editor at Sky News, is the man with the inside story. In this fearless, hard-hitting account, Farell shares in terrifying detail the story of the county lines phenomenon through the words of gang members and their victims themselves as well as the police and the country's leading experts.
Through exclusive interviews and meticulous research, Farell paints a vivid picture of how this murky world operates. He reveals the devastating effects 'county lines' is having upon the UK...and beyond...and, most terrifying of all, why this new, sinister crime wave means nobody is safe.
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- Michael Sweeney
- 09-10-20
Good reporting
I was curious to understand the term County Lines and the background to much of the street crime reported in the U.K. press.
This book has some excellent reporting and drills down well into the business of drug crime. The author clearly has an animus towards Brexit and ‘austerity’ which crops up throughout. He explains that Brexit may make importation of drugs easier, whilst telling us the fruit imported via Rotterdam has been a source of drug shipments. He seems to believe Government should do more.
Maybe we should rethink our drugs policies and seek a greater accommodation of many of these mind altering substances, in the way we already have with alcohol, tobacco and caffeine. I didn’t hear much of this. But the willingness to bash the Government to constantly do more, more more became rather tedious in the end. .
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- Amazon Customer
- 01-17-20
Fascinating
A really informative look at the crisis of County lines from a wide range of points of view. Highly recommended
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- K.Lawrance
- 10-04-21
Every Single Adult & Teenager Needs To Hear This
As stated above every body should listen to this.
Despite being an ex front line response police officer who has dealt with many of the issues raised within this book, I have learnt so much. What I thought I knew was the tip of the ice berg and as I say that is with first hand experience.
Collectively the elements of this are horrendous in themselves but mixed together is a catastrophic cocktail.
The author delves deep into each factor and describes what he has learnt and seen in brilliant undiluted detail. He explains it through the eyes of the subjects, the runner, the dealer, the gang leader, the vulnerable person who has been taken advantage giving us a real insight into how prevalent this problem is.
As the uncle to a teenager and the father to a young child I feel more empowered to identify things that may have been overlooked previously (as I say despite my back ground)
Educate yourself with this.
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- Earthmo
- 09-18-21
Important subject
I’m very glad this book has been written as it’s long overdue. A small amount of the language in it is a bit much eg “confronting difficult children” and I find it a little sanitised - much more could be written about issues such as the vulnerable young people who have been cuckooed being criminalised, imprisoned and labelled forever with no ongoing support. How about that case in Wales where the autistic youth’s drug dealing support worker exploited the youth and gave false evidence in court which ended up in the incarceration of said innocent youth with learning disabilities. I could go on. The Children’s Commissioner did not noticeably improve any of this, and only pointed out the predicted obvious - harsh and draconian cuts targeting the most needy in society increase crime, violence, substance addiction and so on. We all knew this when the government decided to throw our lowest and non tax payers in the bin, which has been counterproductive to say the least.
No mention of the tax evading rich who are part of all the trafficking. Kind of passive aggressive eugenics.
But still, well worth a listen.
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- C K Lee
- 07-14-21
insightful
As a secondary school teacher, this was very insightful and gave me extra information to help my ability to safeguard my students.
The book is interesting, informative and well worth a listen for anyone working with young people or interested in the current youth culture.
One thing I can't help but think though... if the government legalised drugs, regulated them, taxed them etc then all this would stop.
As it says in the book, where there is demand there will always be supply. So why leave it to the violent gangs who are exploiting children?!
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- Mark C.
- 07-06-20
Eye opening
Fascinating dig into a world we try to deny. Everyone should listen, especially if you snort cocaine 'socially'
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- Jimmy M
- 02-21-20
Page turner so to speak
Couldn’t put this down. Very well written with interesting content. A stark insight into a grisly reality.
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- Simon
- 12-12-21
Interesting but political.
The book starts off interesting and stays that way until half way through. Then, it becomes a political rant. It's a shame. I would like to have heard more of the stories of the individuals involved in County lines rather than what the politicians should do about it in an ideal world.
The performance was excellent and the right voice actor used, he did a great job.
I would recommend this book, for the interesting people involved in the story.
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- Richard G.
- 11-03-21
Ok
Very interesting read and quite shocking how the country has been taken by foreign criminals
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- Amy
- 09-19-20
Great insight into a lesser known society
This book really changed my perception of the drug industry, especially the chapter on the role the middle class plays. as the author points out, there will always be supply if there is demand.
An interesting read
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We call it domestic violence. We call it private violence. Sometimes we call it intimate terrorism. But whatever we call it, we generally do not believe it has anything at all to do with us, despite the World Health Organization deeming it a 'global epidemic'. In No Visible Bruises, journalist Rachel Louise Snyder gives context for what we don't know we're seeing. She frames this urgent and immersive account of the scale of domestic violence in our country around key stories that explode the common myths....
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Not yet ready
- By Alyssa E. on 05-17-19
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Don't Shoot
- One Man, a Street Fellowship, and the End of Violence in Inner-City America
- By: David M. Kennedy
- Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
- Length: 13 hrs and 17 mins
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Gang- and drug-related inner-city violence, with its attendant epidemic of incarceration, is the defining crime problem in our country. In some neighborhoods in America, one out of every 200 young black men is shot to death every year, and few initiatives of government and law enforcement have made much difference. But when David Kennedy, a self-taught and then-unknown criminologist, engineered the "Boston Miracle" in the mid-1990s, he pointed the way toward what few had imagined: a solution.
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Tragically Under-Appreciated
- By Nathan Witkin on 12-02-22
By: David M. Kennedy
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Slave Girl
- Abducted by Traffickers. Sold as a Sex Slave. This Is My True Story.
- By: Sarah Forsyth, Tim Tate
- Narrated by: Charlie Sanderson
- Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Sarah Forsyth has spent most of her life in fear. After overcoming the hurt and heartbreak of a horrific childhood, Sarah managed to build a new life for herself as a nursery nurse. Then, one day, she spotted a newspaper advert for a job in a crèche in Amsterdam. Excited by the prospect of a fresh start abroad, she eagerly signed up. But within minutes of stepping off the plane in Amsterdam her life began to fall apart.... There was no crèche and no job. That night, at just 19 years of age, her life - her real life, her life as Sarah Forsyth - ended.
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eye opening!
- By Anonymous User on 02-23-23
By: Sarah Forsyth, and others
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Dopeworld
- Adventures in the Global Drug Trade
- By: Niko Vorobyov
- Narrated by: Alexi Armitage
- Length: 12 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Just as Anthony Bourdain's No Reservations did for the world of food, Dopeworld is an intoxicating journey into the world of drugs. From the cocaine farms in South America to the streets of Manila, Dopeworld traces the emergence of psychoactive substances and our intimate relationship with them. As a former drug dealer turned subversive scholar, with unparalleled access to drug lords, cartel leaders, street dealers, and government officials, journalist Niko Vorobyov attempts to shine a light on the dark underbelly of the drug world.
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early review (will do another later)
- By Justus on 08-31-20
By: Niko Vorobyov
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The Second Chance Club
- Hardship and Hope After Prison
- By: Jason Hardy
- Narrated by: Jacques Roy
- Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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A former parole officer shines a bright light on a huge yet hidden part of our justice system through the intertwining stories of seven parolees striving to survive the chaos that awaits them after prison in this illuminating and dramatic audiobook. Prompted by a dead-end retail job and a vague desire to increase the amount of justice in his hometown, Jason Hardy became a parole officer in New Orleans at the worst possible moment. Louisiana’s incarceration rates were the highest in the US.
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Important Perspective for Criminal Justice Reform
- By Wayne on 07-07-22
By: Jason Hardy
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Pablo Escobar
- Beyond Narcos
- By: Shaun Attwood
- Narrated by: Max Tilney
- Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar was a devoted family man and a psychopathic killer; a terrible enemy, yet a wonderful friend. While donating millions to the poor, he bombed and tortured his enemies - some had their eyeballs removed with hot spoons. Through ruthless cunning and America's insatiable appetite for cocaine, he became a multi-billionaire, who lived in a $100-million house with its own zoo.
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Much more than Netflix docs; war on drugs exposed
- By Dragonfoureyes on 10-04-17
By: Shaun Attwood
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No Visible Bruises
- What We Don't Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us
- By: Rachel Louise Snyder
- Narrated by: Rachel Louise Snyder
- Length: 12 hrs and 19 mins
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We call it domestic violence. We call it private violence. Sometimes we call it intimate terrorism. But whatever we call it, we generally do not believe it has anything at all to do with us, despite the World Health Organization deeming it a 'global epidemic'. In No Visible Bruises, journalist Rachel Louise Snyder gives context for what we don't know we're seeing. She frames this urgent and immersive account of the scale of domestic violence in our country around key stories that explode the common myths....
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Not yet ready
- By Alyssa E. on 05-17-19
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Blood Gun Money
- How America Arms Gangs and Cartels
- By: Ioan Grillo
- Narrated by: Shawn Compton
- Length: 12 hrs and 33 mins
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The gun control debate is revived with every mass shooting. But far more people die from gun deaths on the street corners of inner city America and across the border as Mexico’s powerful cartels battle to control the drug trade. Guns and drugs aren’t often connected in our heated discussions of gun control - but they should be. In Ioan Grillo’s groundbreaking new work of investigative journalism, he shows us this connection by following the market for guns in the Americas and how it has made the continent the most murderous on earth.
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MORE LEFTIST ANTIGUN PROPAGANDA
- By C M on 03-20-21
By: Ioan Grillo
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Another Day in the Death of America
- A Chronicle of Ten Short Lives
- By: Gary Younge
- Narrated by: Mirron Willis
- Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins
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On an average day in America, seven young people aged 19 or under will be shot dead. In Another Day in the Death of America, award-winning Guardian journalist Gary Younge tells the stories of the lives lost during the course of a single day in the United States. It could have been any day, but Younge has chosen November 23, 2013. Far from a dry account of gun policy in the United States or a polemic about the dangers of gun violence, the book is a gripping chronicle of an ordinary but deadly day in American life.
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Review
- By SJ on 07-01-17
By: Gary Younge
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The Profession
- A Memoir of Community, Race, and the Arc of Policing in America
- By: Bill Bratton, Peter Knobler
- Narrated by: Bill Bratton
- Length: 16 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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When Bill Bratton became a Boston street cop after his return from serving in Vietnam, he was dismayed by the corrupt old guard, and it is fair to say the old guard was dismayed by him, too. But his success fighting crime could not be denied. Propelled by extraordinary results, Bratton had a dazzling rise, and ultimately a dazzling career, becoming the most famous police commissioner of modern times. The Profession is the story of that career in full.
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Excellent book
- By Miguel L. on 12-19-22
By: Bill Bratton, and others
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Chasing the Scream
- The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs
- By: Johann Hari
- Narrated by: Tim Gerard Reynolds
- Length: 14 hrs and 10 mins
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It is now 100 years since drugs were first banned in the United States. On the eve of this centenary, journalist Johann Hari set off on an epic three-year, 30,000-mile journey into the war on drugs. What he found is that more and more people all over the world have begun to recognize three startling truths: Drugs are not what we think they are. Addiction is not what we think it is. And the drug war has very different motives to the ones we have seen on our TV screens for so long.
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This is worth your time....
- By Drake on 04-24-16
By: Johann Hari
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Pill City
- How Two Honor Roll Students Foiled the Feds and Built a Drug Empire
- By: Kevin Deutsch
- Narrated by: Mirron Willis
- Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
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April 28, 2015, West Baltimore, Maryland: ground zero in America's Opiate Wars. In this crime-plagued section of the city, the death of Freddie Gray has triggered the worst domestic rioting since the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. and created a terrifying new breed of criminal entrepreneur.
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Race baiting bullshit.
- By Nick on 02-16-17
By: Kevin Deutsch
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The Black and the Blue
- By: Matthew Horace, Ron Harris
- Narrated by: Matthew Horace
- Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
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During his 28-year career, Matthew Horace rose through the ranks from a police officer working the beat to a federal agent working criminal cases in some of the toughest communities in America to a highly decorated federal law enforcement executive managing high-profile investigations nationwide. Yet it was not until seven years into his service - when Horace found himself face down on the ground with a gun pointed at his head by a white fellow officer - that he fully understood the racism seething within America's police departments.
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Not for the faint of heart!
- By Amazon Customer on 07-14-19
By: Matthew Horace, and others