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Outlaw Motorcycle
Gangs: A Theoretical
Perspective
Mark Lauchs
Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Andy Bain
University of Mount Union, USA
and
Peter Bell
Griffith University, Australia
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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