How does being in a gang affect your family?
First, gangs hurt young people and families because they lose people they love: It states that, “People that are injured in gang violence are six times more likely to suffer from (PTSD) and they will get the mindset to get revenge, hurt themselves or hurt their family” (Rahtz).
What are the consequences of joining a gang?
Consequences of gang membership may include exposure to drugs and alcohol, age-inappropriate sexual behavior, difficulty finding a job because of lack of education and work skills, removal from ones family, imprisonment and even death.
Why do children get involved with county lines?
County lines gangs offer money and status to attract young people. Children may also be attracted to joining a gang by the prospect of belonging to a ‘family’ that will protect them if their own family feels unstable or unsafe.
WHO uses the term county lines?
County Lines is where illegal drugs are transported from one area to another, often across police and local authority boundaries (although not exclusively), usually by children or vulnerable people who are coerced into it by gangs. The ‘County Line’ is the mobile phone line used to take the orders of drugs.
Why is it called county lines?
“County Lines” is the term used to describe a form of organised crime where criminals based in urban areas pressurise vulnerable people and children to transport, store and sell drugs in smaller county towns. It takes its name from the phone lines used by organised crime gangs to communicate between towns.
What is a deal Line?
Trap line / deal line – the mobile phone that is linked to the act of selling or running drugs. Drug debt – this often refers to money that the person owes to the gang for drugs that they have used themselves.
Is Cuckooing a criminal Offence?
Cuckooing is a form of crime in which drug dealers take over the home of a vulnerable person in order to use it as a base for drug dealing, storing firearms,and other criminal activity. Cuckooing is a form of criminal exploitation.