NCJ Number
16609
Journal
Kriminalistik Volume: 29 Issue: 1 Dated: (JANUARY 1975) Pages: 17-19
Date Published
1975
Length
3 pages
Annotation
SUGGESTION THAT PROVISIONS BE MADE IN THE WEST GERMAN CRIMINAL CODE WHICH CAN BE USED BY POLICE AS A BASIS FOR DETERRING CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR BY MOTORCYCLE GANGS OF YOUNG ADULTS AND JUVENILE DELINQUENTS.
Abstract
UNDER EXISTING PROVISIONS, CRIMINAL GROUPS (AGAINST WHICH THE POLICE MAY TAKE PREVENTIVE STEPS) ARE DEFINED AS THOSE WHICH EXIST FOR THE PURPOSE OF COMMITTING CRIMINAL ACTS. SINCE THE PRIMINARY PURPOSE OF THE MOTORCYCLE GANGS IS NOT CRIME, BUT EMOTIONAL AND SOCIAL SOLIDARITY, THE POLICE CAN NOT TAKE PREVENTIVE STEPS. HOWEVER, THE AUTHOR, A WEST GERMAN POLICE PSYCHOLOGIST, ARGUES THAT SINCE THESE GANGS HAVE BY THEIR VERY NATURE 'LATENT CRIMINAL ENERGIES' WHICH INEVITABLY EXPRESS THEMSELVES IN CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR, SPECIAL LEGAL PROVISIONS SHOULD BE MADE TO ENABLE THE POLICE TO TAKE PREVENTIVE STEPS AGAINST THEM. --IN GERMAN