TY - JOUR
T1 - The fierce commitment to 1% motorcycle clubs
AU - Harris, Kira J.
N1 - Includes bibliographical references.
PY - 2016/4/25
Y1 - 2016/4/25
N2 - One per cent motorcycle clubs provide opportunities for members to oppose mainstream establishments that are perceived as suppressing their individuality. The purpose of this paper is not to portray the 1% motorcycle club as a security threat, but to explain the personal significance of membership. Through discussing membership through a social identity theory framework the club is recognised as an essential part of a member’s identity. The intense commitment ensures members will go to great lengths to protect, or enhance, their club and it is this fierce commitment, combined with their growing skill sets, that makes 1% motorcycle clubs of interest to alternative movements and law enforcement.
AB - One per cent motorcycle clubs provide opportunities for members to oppose mainstream establishments that are perceived as suppressing their individuality. The purpose of this paper is not to portray the 1% motorcycle club as a security threat, but to explain the personal significance of membership. Through discussing membership through a social identity theory framework the club is recognised as an essential part of a member’s identity. The intense commitment ensures members will go to great lengths to protect, or enhance, their club and it is this fierce commitment, combined with their growing skill sets, that makes 1% motorcycle clubs of interest to alternative movements and law enforcement.
KW - Ideology
KW - One per cent motorcycle clubs
KW - Organised crime
KW - Outlaw motorcycle gangs
KW - Social identity
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U2 - 10.1080/18335330.2016.1161221
DO - 10.1080/18335330.2016.1161221
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84981155223
SN - 1833-5330
VL - 11
SP - 73
EP - 83
JO - Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism
JF - Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism
IS - 1
ER -
