Cuckoo Land

The Cuckooing Risk Environment

Jack Spicer (University of Bath)

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English

Routledge
10 June 2024

Drug & substance abuse: social aspects; Social work; Crime & criminology; Criminal or forensic psychology; Criminology: legal aspects

Series: Drugs, Crime and Society

Drawing on rich qualitative data, this book presents a novel way of understanding the drug market-related harm of ‘cuckooing’, providing a theoretically informed account of this increasingly high-profile area.

Applying the framework of the ‘risk environment’, the book examines why people become cuckooed, how it is responded to and how this exploitative practice is socially produced. In doing so, a diverse range of environments and features relevant to cuckooing are analysed, including the role of housing, political economy, drug policy, policing and social exclusion. By interrogating how these constrain and enable the actions of people who are affected, the book develops a critical analysis that recognises the complexity of cuckooing while eschewing superficial explanations of why it occurs. Resisting simplistic solutions, it also considers what an enabling environment capable of reducing the harms of this exploitative practice might look like.

Cuckoo Land will be of interest to academic researchers in the fields of criminology, victimology, social work and drugs. It will also be essential reading for policymakers and practitioners working on the issue of cuckooing.

By: Jack Spicer (University of Bath)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm,
Weight: 370g
ISBN: 9781032705460
ISBN 10: 1032705469
Series: Drugs, Crime and Society
Pages: 104
Publication Date: 10 June 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Introduction 2. Cuckooing and the Economic Environment 3. The Spaces and Places of Cuckooing 4. Cuckooing and Drug Policy Choices 5. Policing the Cuckooing Risk Environment 6. The Social Environment of Cuckooing 7. Towards an Enabling Environment for Reducing Cuckooing

Jack Spicer is a lecturer in criminology at the University of Bath.

Reviews for Cuckoo Land: The Cuckooing Risk Environment

"""Cuckooing' is a complex problem that presents significant challenges for those involved in policy and practice. In this book, Spicer, an expert on drugs policing and county lines drug supply, draws on original empirical research to provide an innovative analysis of cuckooing through the public health-oriented conceptual framework of the 'risk environment'. It is an important inter-disciplinary contribution that should be read by everyone who wants to deepen their understanding of cuckooing and how to reduce drug market-related harms."" - Dr Matthew Bacon, The University of Sheffield"