Simon Flacks
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I do research on drugs and the law, and particularly the impact on children and families. 🏳️🌈
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Making victims, making offenders: County lines, modern slavery and the criminal law - Simon Flacks, 2026
‘County lines’ drug supply has grown into a powerful cultural, criminological and political concern in the UK. In recent years, the criminal law has been mobili...
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13624806251401573?_gl=1*yxm1l5*_up*MQ..*_ga*MjA2MDk2MjkwNC4xNzY5NjIxNDU0*_ga_60R758KFDG*czE3Njk2MjE0NTQkbzEkZzAkdDE3Njk2MjE0NTQkajYwJGwwJGgxNzcyMTU4Nzk3
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Hello - I have a new article out in Theoretical Criminology where I consider how courts reproduce cultural patterns of blame in relation to 'county lines' drug trading: “Making victims, making offenders: County lines, modern slavery and the criminal law”, available at:
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Aysel Sultan
9 months ago
In solidarity, our editorial is republished in the Journal of Behavioral Addictions, too. The call outlines concrete strategies for action for 1) addiction journals, 2) research societies and 3) individual scientists! 👇
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Tackling drugs in prisons - Committees - UK Parliament
The Justice Committee has launched an inquiry that will examine the scale and impact of drugs in prisons in England and Wales, including the primary factors driving demand. The inquiry will consider t...
https://committees.parliament.uk/work/8760/tackling-drugs-in-prisons/#:~:text=The%20Justice%20Committee%20has%20launched,staffing%20and%20prisoner%20well%2Dbeing
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over 1 year ago
I'm trying a new thing. And while the idea that people may read what I write sometimes terrifies me, I hope it might be potentially useful to someone (or at the least give me more short form readings for my students). First post coming soon. (Also stock photos are terrible but I do it for the algos)
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