272 Pages
by
Routledge
272 Pages
by
Routledge
272 Pages
by
Routledge
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Biker Gangs and Transnational Organized Crime , Second Edition, describes and analyzes a rapidly expanding global problem: criminal acts committed by motorcycle gangs. Thomas Barker, one of the world’s top experts on outlaw biker gangs, offers fascinating details about the Bandidos, the Vagos, the Mongols, and other "one percenters" (criminal biker gangs, as opposed to the vast majority of... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Enter the One-Percenters 3. Evolution from Clubs to Gangs 4. Outlaw Motorcycle Clubs: Criminal Organization Continuum 5. United States Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs: Big Five, Major Independents, and Others 6. U.S.-Based OMGs: Criminals Without Borders 7. The Hells Are No Angels: Organized Crime, Death, and Mayhem in Canada 8. Bikies Down Under—OMGs in Australia and New Zealand 9. Back Patch Clubs in the United Kingdom 10. Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs in Europe 11. Conclusions
Biography
Thomas Barker, a national and international expert on Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs, is Emeritus Professor of Criminal Justice at Eastern Kentucky University. A former police officer, police academy instructor, professor at four universities, and Dean of the College of Criminal Justice at Jacksonville State University, Barker has been conducting research and writing on biker gangs for the last 15 years. He is past president of the Southern Criminal Justice Association and the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, and the author or co-author of 17 books and numerous articles.
