The racist skinhead movement in the United States has entered its fourth decade. What follows is an examination of the history and nature of the skinhead movement, prepared with the needs of law enforcement officers in mind, a glossary of common skinhead terms, a timeline, and a gallery of insignias and tattoos commonly used by racist skinheads. As these extremists extend their reach across the country, it is vital that law enforcement officers who deal with them become familiar with the activities of skinheads nationwide. For law enforcement, this poses a particular problem in responding to crimes and conspiracies crossing multiple jurisdictions. Organized into small, mobile “crews” or acting individually, skinheads tend to move around frequently and often without warning, even as they network and organize across regions. The products of a frequently violent and criminal subculture, these men and women, typically imbued with neo-Nazi beliefs about Jews, blacks, LGBT people and others, are also notoriously difficult to track. Racist skinheads are among the most dangerous radical-right threats facing law enforcement today. Want to read this in PDF form? Click here.