Outlaw Bikers and Ancient Warbands

Carl Bradley is a Historical Criminologist who researches outlaw bikers and patched street gangs. He also studies indigenous response to colonization and warfare. Carl has published on outlaw bikers and on both Maori and Celtic response to Imperialism. He has lectured at Massey University, Australian College of Applied Psychology and Victoria University of Wellington.

1. Introduction.- 2. The History of Outlaw Bikers and Ancient War-bands.- 3. Characteristics of the Hyper-masculine Culture.- 4. Appeal and Response of the Outlaw Biker.- 5. Validity and Persistence of the Outlaw Biker.- 6. Law enforcement, legislation and outlaw biker control.- 7. Future trends.- 8. Conclusion. 

"Carl Bradley's much anticipated first book is a timely and welcome contribution to our shared understanding of outlaw biker groups. ... It is an excellent first book. ... this book breaks new ground so that the work of other researchers may flourish. ... invites other researchers in sociology and criminology, politics and international relations, history and security studies to gather further empirical evidence and assemble more case studies ... . Thank you, Carl, for your compassion, generosity and kindness." (Damien Rogers, National Security Journal, Vol. 4, May, 2022)

“Carl Bradley’s much anticipated first book is a timely and welcome contribution to our shared understanding of outlaw biker groups. … It is an excellent first book. … this book breaks new ground so that the work of other researchers may flourish. … invites other researchers in sociology and criminology, politics and international relations, history and security studies to gather further empirical evidence and assemble more case studies … . Thank you, Carl, for your compassion, generosity and kindness.” (Damien Rogers, National Security Journal, Vol. 4, May, 2022)