Provider: Ingenta Connect Database: Ingenta Connect Content: application/x-research-info-systems TY - ABST AU - Quinn, James AU - Shane Koch, D. TI - the nature of criminality within one-percent motorcycle clubs JO - Deviant Behavior PY - 2003-05-01T00:00:00/// VL - 24 IS - 3 SP - 281 EP - 305 N2 - Most law enforcers and academic experts agree that the largest one-percent motorcycle clubs are a formof organized crime despite their origins as barroom brawlers. A few club goals related to the destruction of rival groups are more or less overtly criminal. Of greater concern to most observers is the manner in which these clubs provide a context for individuals with a high propensity for illegal activity to unite long enough to operate enterprises of varying levels of sophistication. Social isolation from the mainstream intensifies intra-group loyalties as it concentrates members' attention on the underworld. Bikers integrate their private and club lives in an manner that makes the distinction between club-sponsored and other activities problematic. The relationship of these enterprises to the club itself is often murky as is the line between their planned and spontaneous expressive crimes. UR - https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/routledg/udbh/2003/00000024/00000003/art00005 M3 - doi:10.1080/01639620390117291 UR - https://doi.org/10.1080/01639620390117291 ER -