ABSTRACT
Spontaneous impulsive and planned violence, especially that perpetrated by Outlaw Motorcycle Clubs (OMCs) and OMGs, is a real and perceived danger ubiquitous in outlaw biker culture. Those OMGs engaged in national and transnational drug trafficking have a higher incidence of violence due to the nature of the crime market. Spontaneous impulsive and planned violence has been a part of outlaw biker history since the first outlaw clubs formed in the early 1950s. The legacy of violence exists in the local, regional, national, and transnational outlaw biker culture. The following inquiry includes well-publicized displays of biker violence. Outlaw biker violence was tolerated and almost ignored, as they kept the violent acts out of public spaces and only killed and maimed each other; however, the incidents explored in this text were in public settings, and some resulted in collateral damage including injuries to and deaths of innocent citizens. The chapter also presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in this book.
