Radical Criminals in the Grey Area: A Comparative Study of Mexican Religious Drug Cartels and Australian Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs

Matteo Vergani and Sean Collins

Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, 2015, vol. 38, issue 6, 414-432

Abstract: This article defines and assesses the ideal-type of the radical criminal as the analytical framework for a comparative qualitative study of Mexican religious drug cartels and Australian outlaw motorcycle gangs and concludes that radical criminals operate in both weak and failed states and stable democracies. The article participates in the wider discussion concerning the existence (and the features) of a grey area between criminal and political violence, through the lens of the radical criminal ideal-type.

Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1080/1057610X.2015.1004891

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