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Understanding and Preventing ‘Cuckooing’: Victimisation County Lines and Beyond

Understanding and Preventing ‘Cuckooing’: Victimisation County Lines and Beyond

Author: Laura Bainbridge; Rose Broad; Amy Loughery
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9781032766447
Published In: November 2025
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only

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Providing a comprehensive and contemporary understanding of the phenomenon of cuckooing, this volume is a timely insight into this long-standing practice whereby individuals or groups take over a person's home and use the property to facilitate exploitation.

Adopting a variety of methodological approaches and empirical data, this collection brings together the existing research base on cuckooing activity that occurs both within and beyond County Lines drug distribution. Drawing attention to the array of cuckooing scenarios that do not involve County Lines operatives, as well as those that do, the book reclaims a space for habitually overlooked victims. The circumstances and structures that facilitate home takeovers are also discussed, alongside recommendations for prevention and intervention initiatives.

Bringing together contributions by researchers from a variety of disciplines, Understanding and Preventing ‘Cuckooing’ Victimisation is an essential read for scholars and students in the fields of criminology, criminal justice, social policy, social work, housing, health and education. It is also a valuable resource for professionals and practitioners involved in policy design, adult safeguarding and crime control.

Series Editors’ Foreword

Jack Spicer and Mark Monaghan

Foreword

Anne Rannard, National County Lines Co-ordination Centre

Foreword

James Allen, Horton Housing and Leeds Trauma Informed Network

Introductory Note

Eric Weissman, University of New Brunswick

1. Introduction: Cuckooing in Context

Amy Loughery

2. County Lines and Exploitation in Drug Markets: Historical and Current Developments

Chris Devany and Tobias Kammersgaard