Seminar: Gangs, Illicit Drug Markets and Routes in and Out of Organised Crime

Seminar i Aarhus med Professor Ross Deuchar

Seminar i Aarhus med Professor Ross Deuchar. Foto: Colourbox

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Tidspunkt

Mandag 13. maj 2019,  kl. 11:00 - 15:00

Sted

Aarhus Universitet, bygning 1325 - lokale 036

In this public lecture, Professor Ross Deuchar will share insights from his experience of working with gang members for over a decade and spanning across three Continents of the world. In particular, he will focus on qualitative research insights from Scotland that suggest that gang evolution has taken place where expressive forms of recreational violence have been replaced by instrumental forms of criminality in the form of drug dealing. He will share the evidence that suggests that Scotland's importation and distribution is evolving due to market diversification of both product and demand, which includes the presence of 'county lines', where urban-based organised crime groups involved in illegal drug distribution extend their supply likes to rural locations. Drawing on his wider international insights from the USA, Denmark and Asia, Deuchar will illustrate the factors that tend to stimulate young men's involvement in gangs and organised crime, including the role of Adverse Childhood Experiences and masculinity, as well as the the of ACE-aware, trauma-informed interventions and strategies that may prove most successful in supporting desistance.

Seminaret er gratis.

Målgruppe: Studerende, praktikere (fx folk der arb med unge og forebyggelse af kriminalitet), og forskere.

Om Ross Deuchar

Ross Deuchar, PhD is Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice in the School of Media, Culture and Society at the University of the West of Scotland. He is a also a Fulbright Alumni and currently Affiliate Professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Florida Atlantic University, USA. He is the author of 5 books and co-editor of one, and has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals on his qualitative, ethnographic research on gangs, masculinity, organised crime, policing and procedural justice. He is often called upon by the broadcast media to comment on these issues, and his newest book, 'Gangs and Spirituality' (2018, Palgrave MacMillan) was recently featured on the BBC 4 radio programme 'Thinking Allowed'.