Outlaw motorcycle gangs

This chapter takes a close look at crimes by organisations which are not legally established; such as outlaw motorcycle gangs and gangs that are founded on ethnicity and indigeneity. The authors discuss how Australia and New Zealand have responded to these organisations and what outcomes resulted from these responses. They provide the history of the groups and their culture. In doing so, they address the misconceptions about the nature and operation of the “gangs” especially in relation to their participation in serious criminal activity