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This chapter explores the demise of The Street Boys gang and discusses the complex processes of disengagement from gangs and desistance from crime.
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Leo was very conscious that mid-level dealers should avoid at all costs street-level retail directly as it can lead back to the source of the product. Members were advised to sell whenever possible at wholesale level or to retail-level dealers who could sell to end users themselves. This would put a clear buffer between those sellers at the top and those users consuming the product.
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McLean, R., Densley, J.A. (2020). All Things Must Pass. In: Scotland’s Gang Members. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47752-3_8
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