Outlaw Motorcycle Clubs and Street Gangs

Outlaw Motorcycle Clubs and Street Gangs Scheming Legality, Resisting Criminalization - Palgrave Studies in Risk, Crime and Society

Softcover reprint of the original 1st Edition 2018

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Publisher's Synopsis

This edited collection offers in-depth essays on outlaw motorcycle clubs and street gangs. Written by sociologists, anthropologists and criminologists, it asks the question of how the self-proclaimed 'outlaws' integrate into society. While these groups may cultivate a deviant image, these original studies show that we should not let ourselves be deceived by appearances. These 'outlaws' are, paradoxically, well integrated into mainstream society. The essays read the relationship of these groups to the media, law enforcement and society through the lens of their strategies of 'scheming legality' and 'resisting criminalization'. These reveal most strikingly how the knowledge of social codes, norms and mechanisms is put to use by these groups.
 
This groundbreaking volume provides answers to previously understudied questions through well-researched case studies drawn from across Europe and United States. With wide-reaching implications for communities around the world, this exciting collection of essays will be of great interest to academics and governmental institutions as well as students and general readers of anthropology, sociology and criminology.
 




Book information

ISBN: 9783030094072
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Pub date:
Edition: Softcover reprint of the original 1st Edition 2018
Language: English
Number of pages: 234
Weight: 454g
Height: 210mm
Width: 148mm
Spine width: 13mm