NCJ Number
30342
Date Published
1974
Length
87 pages
Annotation
ACCOUNT OF THE ACTIVITIES OF YOUTHFUL GANGS, CALLED 'ROCKERS', WHICH HAVE COMMITTED MANY VIOLENT CRIMES, WITH DISCUSSION OF STUDIES MADE OF THE PHENOMENON AND THEORIES REGARDING THEIR ORIGIN.
Abstract
ROCKERS ARE USUALLY MOUNTED ON MOTORCYCLES. THEY ARE MOST PREVALENT IN AND AROUND HAMBURG, WEST GERMANY. STATISTICS REGARDING ROCKERS, THEIR CRIMES, PERSONAL BACKGROUNDS AND CHARACTERISTICS, ETC., ARE INCLUDED. ALSO PROVIDED ARE PHOTOGRAPHS OF TYPICAL ROCKER WEAPONS, CLOTHING, INSIGNIA, ETC. --IN GERMAN