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Motorcycle Gangs

Motorcycle Gangs is a formal sociological construct denoting a deviant subcultural organization characterized by a hierarchical internal structure, ritualized membership, and collective engagement in illicit activities, differentiated from other gang types by its primary association with motorcycle culture, territorial bonding through nomadic mobility, and distinctive insignia-based identity markers.

35

Publications

840

Citations

48

Authors

30

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

16

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Publications

35

Introduction to Criminology

John A. Humphrey, Hugh D. Barlow · Teaching Sociology · 1988 · 167 citations

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WOMEN IN OUTLAW MOTORCYCLE GANGS

Columbus B. Hopper, Johnny Moore · Journal of Contemporary Ethnography · 1990 · 58 citations

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Not your average biker; criminal careers of members of Dutch outlaw motorcycle gangs

Arjan Blokland, Lonneke van Hout, Wouter van der Leest et al. · Trends in Organized Crime · 2017 · 53 citations · Full text

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Pre-emptive Strike: How Australia is Tackling Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs

Julie Ayling · American Journal of Criminal Justice · 2011 · 50 citations

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Leathers and Rolexs: The Symbolism and Values of the Motorcycle Club

James F. Quinn, Craig J. Forsyth · Deviant Behavior · 2009 · 43 citations

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Authors

48

  1. AB
    Arjan Blokland

    Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement, Netherlands

    5 publications · 116 citations

    5

    h-index

  2. ML
    Mark Lauchs

    Queensland University of Technology, Australia

    3 publications · 56 citations

    3

    h-index

  3. SV
    Sjoukje van Deuren

    Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands

    3 publications · 45 citations

    3

    h-index

  4. EK
    E.R. Kleemans

    Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands

    3 publications · 45 citations

    3

    h-index

  5. CB
    Columbus B. Hopper

    University of Mississippi, United States

    2 publications · 89 citations

    2

    h-index

1–5 of 48

Institutions

30

  1. Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    116 citations

  2. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    90 citations

  3. Leiden University

    Leiden, The Netherlands

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    82 citations

  4. George Mason University

    Fairfax, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    62 citations

  5. Queensland University of Technology

    Brisbane, Australia

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    35 citations

  6. Korps Landelijke Politiediensten

    Driebergen-Rijsenburg, Netherlands

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    195 citations

  7. East Texas A&M University

    Commerce, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    41 citations

  8. The University of Queensland

    Brisbane, Australia

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    88 citations

1–8 of 30

Venues

  1. Deviant Behavior

    8 publications · 183 citations

    8

    h-index

  2. Journal of gang research

    2 publications · 21 citations

    2

    h-index

  3. Global Crime

    2 publications · 59 citations

    2

    h-index

  4. American Journal of Criminal Justice

    AJCJ · 2 publications · 77 citations

    2

    h-index

  5. Journal of Criminal Justice

    1 publications · 42 citations

    1

    h-index

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