Policing bikers: confrontation or dialogue?

This article deals with the policing of biker groups in Norway. It describes the two idealtypical approaches of dialogue and confrontation. It tries to explain why the police use certain methods. It finds that policing is rarely based on knowledge of what works or the causes of a problem. Instead th...

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Main Author: Larsson, Paul (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 11 June 2018
In: Trends in organized crime
Year: 2019, Volume: 22, Issue: 1, Pages: [66]-83
Online Access: Presumably Free Access
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Keywords:
Biker groups
Policing
Organised Crime
Social Control
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Summary:This article deals with the policing of biker groups in Norway. It describes the two idealtypical approaches of dialogue and confrontation. It tries to explain why the police use certain methods. It finds that policing is rarely based on knowledge of what works or the causes of a problem. Instead the approaches chosen seem to reflect certain styles of policing described in cultural studies of the police.
Item Description:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 81.83
ISSN:1936-4830
DOI:10.1007/s12117-018-9346-7