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"This book examines adult organized criminal gangs, a major North American crime problem responsible for the drug trafficking epidemic plaguing Mexico, the United States and Canada. In addition, North American AOCS are involved in a wide range of other trafficking and organized crime enterprises. Early chapters define different types of gangs-street-based, prison-based and outlaw motorcyle gangs-and illustrate the specific gangs (MS-13, Hells Angels, Bloods and Crips, etc.), giving many examples of gang activities in the news. Also explored are how different gangs sometimes work together, illustrated in events like Operation Joker's Wild which shed a light on cooperation between the Florencia 13 street gang and the Mexican Mafia prison gang and led to drug-trafficking and murder charges. Later chapters look more closely at the drug-trafficking business models of various gangs, and how this leads to RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Coorupt Organizations Act) charges and convictions"--

The legacy of violence -- Bikers as folk devils -- Motorcycle clubs, outlaw motorcycle clubs (OMCs), and outlaw motorcycle gangs (OMGs) -- Spreading biker violence: transnational expansion of outlaw motorcycle clubs/gangs -- The culture of violence in the outlaw biker community -- "Bad men" in the outlaw biker community -- Violent public events and biker wars: events that trigger moral panic -- The Waco debacle: response to a moral panic

ch. 1. Introduction -- ch. 2. Enter the one-percenters -- ch. 3. Evolution from clubs to gangs -- ch. 4. Outlaw motorcycle club : criminal organization continuum -- ch. 5. United States outlaw motorcycle gangs : Big 5, major independents, and others -- ch. 6. U.S.-based OMGs : criminals without borders -- ch. 7. The hells are no angels : organized crime, death, and mayhem in Canada -- ch. 8. Bikies Down Under-OMGs in Australia and New Zealand -- ch. 9. Back patch clubs in the United Kingdom -- ch. 10. Outlaw motorcycle gangs in Europe -- ch. 11. Conclusions.

Conventional and deviant clubs -- One percent clubs : the outsiders -- Becoming a member : righteous biker to patch holder -- Deviant clubs : big five, major independents, and others -- Evolution from clubs to gangs : outlaw motorcycle gangs -- Biker gangs as organized crime -- Criminals without borders : exporting American organized crime -- The Hells are no Angels : organized crime, death, and Mayhem in Canada -- Biker gangs now and in the future

This dissertation explores how a multilevel model of citizenship worked with rural adolescents as a means to better understand how educators can revitalize and increase adolescent willingness to participate in both civil and political activities. This study uses an explanatory sequential mixed methods approach to survey and interview high school seniors from twenty rural schools in Eastern Kansas. It seeks to determine how adolescents' willingness to participate at the local, national, and global level might vary, what factors impact an adolescent's willingness to participate at each level, what pattern of factors existed across all three levels, and how they would define each of the levels. Based on the survey results, respondents were more willing to participate at the local and national level than the global. However, within these results, four factors were found to be statistically significant at all three levels: discussions with parents and peers, involvement with a religious youth group, and parental involvement in trying to solve problems. In evaluating these items further through a semi-structured interview, these factors were found to be important in that they helped to foster the development of a connection to specific levels. This demonstrates that within a multilevel model of citizenship, factors that were found significant at all three levels were the context and process factors that fostered making a connection to these imagined communities. The value of this study is that it provides a different model of evaluating civic and political efficacy by placing it within a multilevel model of citizenship, where previous studies have only implied a local or national focus. If adolescents can indeed have diversified interest in participating at various levels, then these findings provide a fresh look at ways to perhaps increase and better understand adolescent willingness to be civically and politically engaged.

Indonesian exploitation films emerged from a particular political economy of the New Order and its film industry. From Primitif (1979) to Without Mercy (Outraged Fugitive) (1995), about 50 of these exploitation films were produced. Seen within the dominant paradigm of the time, these films were exploitative and contributed nothing to national development or national culture. However, the producers and filmmakers behind these films pioneered new transnational connections as they tried to tap into global film markets and networks. This article explores the historical and structural background to the Indonesian exploitation films, and the aspirations behind their production. By tapping into global film markets, and following genre trends, Indonesian producers hoped to emulate the success of exploitation films globally. By the mid-1990, just as the domestic film market collapsed and the arrival of television, Indonesian film producers had put Indonesia on the map of global cinema. Today Indonesian films of the period have begun to take on cult status as fans and others rediscover this colourful cinematic past.