caa a22 4500 445294515 CHVBK 20180317142538.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20100301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s12117-009-9086-9 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s12117-009-9086-9 Drug markets in the community: a London borough case study [Elektronische Daten] [Gavin Hales, Dick Hobbs] This paper explores the characteristics of local drugs markets through the examination of a single London borough case study. The picture that emerges in a borough not known for having a ‘drugs problem' is of an entrenched, thriving and widespread drugs economy. Crucially, it is embedded within the local communities. Most worryingly, crack cocaine is being dealt in 15 out of 16 wards, with the front-line dealing predominantly carried out by youths as young as 15. Indeed, there are signs that the market has reached saturation point, while law enforcement merely scratches the surface. These findings reinforce the view that studies of organised crime must be sensitive to the local impacts of global markets, and that public policy debates about the responses to illegal drugs markets must be renewed and refreshed. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2009 Hales Gavin E-mail: gavin_hales@yahoo.co.uk aut Hobbs Dick Department of Sociology, London School of Economics, London, UK aut Trends in Organized Crime Springer-Verlag 13/1(2010-03-01), 13-30 1084-4791 13:1<13 2010 13 12117 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12117-009-9086-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12117-009-9086-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hales Gavin E-mail: gavin_hales@yahoo.co.uk aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hobbs Dick Department of Sociology, London School of Economics, London, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Trends in Organized Crime Springer-Verlag 13/1(2010-03-01), 13-30 1084-4791 13:1<13 2010 13 12117 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer