Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs in Australia (Received 100%)
Outlaw motorcycle gangs in australia
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By Brooke Larkins
Year 11 2012 http://s1.aecdn.com/images/news/outlaw-motorcycle-gangs-live-hard-die-free-14383_23.jpg ‘Bikie gangs are like any other organisation or club. There are criminals in all walks of life’
Almost 40 motorcycle clubs are linked to criminal activities. These are referred to as outlaw motorcycle gangs. ‘Outlaw’ is not a legal definition; it rather refers to their views, seeing themselves as outside the law. Outlaw motorcycle gangs refer to themselves as ‘1 percenters’, as 99 percent of motorcyclists operate within law society’s conventions, they see themselves as the 1% that don’t. the criminal activities of outlaw motorcycle gangs distinguish them from recreational motorcycle riding clubs. Outlaw motorcycle gangs are not typical of majority of the organised crime entities and the members don’t pose more or less of an organised crime threat than any other groups and individuals. They maintain websites, identify themselves through patches and tattoos, written constitutions and by laws, trademark club names and logos and hold publicity campaigns. They are characterised by a hierarchy, divided into different regions, each with an autonomy (also referred to as a chapter). Each chapter is headed by a president who has absolute rule and oversees the principles of brotherhood, loyalty and enforced code of silence. The criminal activity ranges from social nuisance in residential communities to involvement in the most significant criminal syndicates operating in Australia today, being both very organised and sophisticated. There has always been a criminal element within outlaw motorcycle gangs but in the majority of the cases outlaw motorcycle gang chapters do not engage in organised crime as a group. Individual members may leverage off outlaw motorcycle gangs to aid in criminal activity. This may include; *
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By Brooke Larkins
Year 11 2012 http://s1.aecdn.com/images/news/outlaw-motorcycle-gangs-live-hard-die-free-14383_23.jpg ‘Bikie gangs are like any other organisation or club. There are criminals in all walks of life’
Almost 40 motorcycle clubs are linked to criminal activities. These are referred to as outlaw motorcycle gangs. ‘Outlaw’ is not a legal definition; it rather refers to their views, seeing themselves as outside the law. Outlaw motorcycle gangs refer to themselves as ‘1 percenters’, as 99 percent of motorcyclists operate within law society’s conventions, they see themselves as the 1% that don’t. the criminal activities of outlaw motorcycle gangs distinguish them from recreational motorcycle riding clubs. Outlaw motorcycle gangs are not typical of majority of the organised crime entities and the members don’t pose more or less of an organised crime threat than any other groups and individuals. They maintain websites, identify themselves through patches and tattoos, written constitutions and by laws, trademark club names and logos and hold publicity campaigns. They are characterised by a hierarchy, divided into different regions, each with an autonomy (also referred to as a chapter). Each chapter is headed by a president who has absolute rule and oversees the principles of brotherhood, loyalty and enforced code of silence. The criminal activity ranges from social nuisance in residential communities to involvement in the most significant criminal syndicates operating in Australia today, being both very organised and sophisticated. There has always been a criminal element within outlaw motorcycle gangs but in the majority of the cases outlaw motorcycle gang chapters do not engage in organised crime as a group. Individual members may leverage off outlaw motorcycle gangs to aid in criminal activity. This may include; *
Bibliography: (2011) Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs http://www.crimecommission.gov.au/sites/default/files/files/omcgs.pdf (Accessed 9 October 2012) Bartels, L Available from: http://www.aic.gov.au/publications/current%20series/rip/1-10/~/media/publications/rip/rip02_V2.pdf (Accessed 9 October 2012) (2012) Bikie Gang Cases in NSW [Internet] State Library New South Wales Hore, M. (2012) The Comancheros motorcycle gang are rolling west into Victoria and South Australia [Internet] Herald Sun, Melbourne. Available from: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/the-comancheros-outlaw-motorcycle-gange-are-rolling-west-into-victoria-and-south-australia/story-fnfj0jo7-1226464213266 (Accessed 13 October 2012)