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Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs DOI: 10.1057/9781137456298.0001 Other Palgrave Pivot titles Majid Yar: Crime and the Imaginary of Disaster: Post-Apocalyptic Fictions and the Crisis of Social Order Sharon Hayes and Samantha Jeffries: Romantic Terrorism: An Auto-Ethnography of Domestic Violence, Victimisation and Survival Gideon Maas and Paul Jones: Systemic Entrepreneurship: Contemporary Issues and Case Studies Surja Datta and Neil Oschlag-Michael: Understanding and Managing IT Outsourcing: A Partnership Approach Keiichi Kubota and Hitoshi Takehara: Reform and Price Discovery at the Tokyo Stock Exchange: From 1990 to 2012 Emanuele Rossi and Rok Stepic: Infrastructure Project Finance and Project Bonds in Europe Annalisa Furia: The Foreign Aid Regime: Gift-Giving, States and Global Dis/Order C. J. T. Talar and Lawrence F. 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No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6–10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The authors have asserted their rights to be identified as the authors of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2015 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of St Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN: 978–1–137-45629-8 PDF ISBN: 978–1–349-49839-0 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. www.palgrave.com/pivot doi: 10.1057/9781137456298 Contents About the Authors vi 1 Introduction 1 2 History of the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs 7 3 Organized Crime and Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs 22 4 Gang Theory and Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs 38 5 Policing Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs – the ‘One Percenters’ 53 6 Political Responses 70 7 Conclusion 89 References 95 Index 109 DOI: 10.1057/9781137456298.0001 v About the Authors Mark Lauchs is Associate Professor at Queensland University of Technology, Australia. He is the co-author of Policing Transnational Organized Crime (TOC) & Corruption: Exploring the Role of Communication Interception Technology. Lauchs has published extensively on police corruption, organized crime and social network analysis. He joined the university after 17 years of working in policy and research positions in the Queensland state government. He is the coordinator of the Policy and Governance Major in the School of Justice. Lauchs also taught in the ‘International Policing’ programme of the Bachelor of Justice Degree delivered to the Singapore Police. He is the host of the New Books in Terrorism and Organized Crime podcast. Andy Bain is Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at the University of Mount Union, Ohio, USA. Bain is the co-author of Professional Risk Taking with People: A Guide to Decision-Making in Health, Social Care & Criminal Justice. In addition, Bain has published in a number of leading inter- national academic and professional journals. His profes- sional background includes four years with the National Probation Service (England & Wales) and six years running a successful Criminal Justice Consultancy group, provid- ing guidance and advice to offender groups, law enforce- ment agencies and correctional bodies, through which he has authored a number of local and national policing and corrections reports. He is an active member of a number of national and international professional bodies, and his research interests include tattoo and culture, gangs and vi DOI: 10.1057/9781137456298.0002 About the Authors vii coded language; policing and social groups; social-psychology of offend- ing and risk-taking behaviour; and the (psychological) investigation of criminal behaviour. Peter Bell is a senior lecturer in the School of Criminology & Criminal Justice, Griffith University, Australia. Bell is the author of Policing Transnational Organized Crime (TOC) & Corruption: Exploring the Role of Communication Interception Technology and the Role of Strategic Intelligence in Law Enforcement: Policing Transnational Organized Crime in Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia. He has more than 30 years of operational experience in combating TOC and has published extensively on the topic. He has held senior intelligence positions with various law enforcement organizations, including the Australian Bureau of Criminal Intelligence (ABCI), the Queensland Police Service (QPS) and the Organized Crime Agency of British Columbia (OCABC). He has also provided consulting and intelligence training services to various international law enforce- ment agencies including the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), The Royal Thai Police, the Indonesian National Police (INP), the Beijing Olympic Security Team, the Saudi Police Service, and the Abu Dhabi and Dubai Police Services. In 2002, Bell was retained by the Canadian Standing Committee on National Defense on matters pertaining to Waterfront Organized Crime in Canada. DOI: 10.1057/9781137456298.0002 1 Introduction Abstract: This chapter is an introduction to the book. It raises the fundamental issue of a lack of publications addressing theory and the OMCGs. The chapter begins with a short outline of the nature of ‘One Percenter’ OMCGs and their position in society. It also considers whether these clubs can be characterized as criminal organizations. Finally, the chapter provides an outline of the chapters to follow. Lauchs, Mark, Andy Bain and Peter Bell. Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs: A Theoretical Perspective. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015. doi: 10.1057/9781137456298.0003. DOI: 10.1057/9781137456298.0003
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