The practice is becoming more localised, with fewer lines running between police forces
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Teachers described themselves as acting as ‘security guards’ and ‘police officers’.
Universities and students need to be aware of the prevalence of organised drug dealing on campuses.
Gangs are using coercive control tactics to recruit young women into criminal activity.
Teenagers transitioning from long-term care to independent adulthood need to be looked after. Their health, wellbeing, education and their safety are at risk
Rivalries will have been bred, birthed and nursed during lockdown, just as they are on the street.
The idea that we can sit down calmly and rationally and explain to our children how they can take drugs safely overlooks a bundle of emotional issues.
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Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, Queen's University Belfast
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Senior Lecturer in Education, King's College London
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Professor of Gender Abuse and Policy, London South Bank University
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Research Fellow in Health Sciences, University of York
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Professor of Criminology and Director of the National Centre for Gang Research, University of West London
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Graduate Teaching Assistant/PhD Candidate, University of Lancashire
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Director of HARM (Honour Abuse Research Matrix); Course Leader, Forensic Psychology, University of Lancashire
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Graduate Teaching Fellow and Sociology PhD Researcher, University of Liverpool