Patched: The History of Gangs in New Zealand

Patched: The History of Gangs in New Zealand
Jarrod Gilbert
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Paperback
h224 x 158mm - 320pg
22 Mar 2013 NZ
University of Canterbury
SOCI293
9781869407292
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The Devil's Henchmen throwing Molotov cocktails at the Epitaph Riders in Christchurch's first gang war. Prime Minister Rob Muldoon surrounded by Black Power members at the Royal Tiger Tavern in Wellington. The Magogs and the Mothers, PEP schemes and P dealers, patches and ridgies, colours and class: for five decades gangs have played a pivotal role in New Zealand life. Based a decade of research among gangs, PATCHED is the first major history of gang life in New Zealand. Jarrod Gilbert traces the story from the bodgies and widgies of the 1950s, through the rise of the Hell's Angels and other 'bikie' gangs in the 1960s, the growth of the Mongrel Mob and Black Power in the 1970s and on to shifts in gang activity around drugs and organised crime over the last ten years. Throughout, Gilbert brings us the gang members, the police and the politicians in their own gripping and gritty words. In this violent and sometimes horrifying book, he takes readers for the first time inside a tough but revealing part of New Zealand life.
"I highly recommend "Patched" to anyone seeking to understand the development and growth of various gang cultures within our communities." --Celia Lashlie, "The Listener"
Jarrod Gilbert spent ten years with New Zealand gangs researching this book. He received a University of Canterbury Doctoral Scholarship and a C. Wright Mills Award, earning his PhD in sociology in 2010. Gilbert now conducts independent research, lectures at the University of Canterbury and is frequently sought by the media to comment on gangs.

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