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Mr Dec James

Urban Street Gang Expert Witness
Areas of Expertise

An experienced Urban Street Gangs and Slang expert witness with a background in operational policing and academic study of gang-related crime.

I offer comprehensive expertise in the interpretation and analysis of gang culture, street slang, and related criminal behaviour.

My career spanned over a decade with the Metropolitan Police Service, involving frontline policing, intelligence development, and proactive gang investigations.

Areas include: 

Urban Street Gangs and Slang Expert Witness.
Transcription, translation and interpretation of urban street slang language from a range of material including music, messages, prison call recordings, etc.
Assessment of material for gang-related characteristics.
Knowledge of the methodologies, offending, structure, recruitment, social media use and other activities of Urban Street Gangs.
Advanced operational experience and academic research on County Lines drug trafficking, the nexus to gang-related offending and Modern Slavery.

Official Qualifications:
MSc Policing, LL.B. Law
Category:
Regional Limits:
UK Wide
Additional Languages:
No
Additional Information
Expert Witness Work
Single Joint Expert:
Yes
Legal Aid Work:
Yes
Criminal Cases:
Yes
Media & Public Relations:
Yes
Personal Injury:
No
Expert Witness Activity
Claimant:
50%
Defendant:
50%
Single Joint Expert:
0%
Court Attendance: 20
(Past 3 years)
Written Reports: 50
(Past 3 years)
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Mr Dec James

Contact Address:
Mr
Dec
James
Expert Witness Services
7 St Paul’s Yard
Silver Street
NEWPORT PAGNELL
Buckinghamshire
MK16 0EG

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Dec

James



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