This study examined alienation levels and attitudes of a group of non-conformist New Zealand individuals who voluntarily adopted a criminal-appearing lifestyle and dress and called themselves skinheads. Alienation can be defined to include feelings of powerlessness, social isolation, self-estrangement, normlessness, meaninglessness, unpredictability, and cultural estrangement. It was thought that individuals who voluntarily adopt such an socially 'abnormal' lifestyle would consider themselves to be alienated from society. This is in contrast to a study conducted in the United States (Hamm, 1993) that found skinheads consider themselves a part of mainstream society, albeit on the fringes of that society. The results of this study showed New Zealand skinheads to be alienated, come from abusive backgrounds, are racist, unemployed, and engage in ctiminal behaviour. Furthermore, interviews with the skinhead participants were analyzed to determine how and why these individuals became skinheads, their attitudes towards skinhead lifestyle and philosophy and their attitudes towards the New Way Trust - a skinhead outreach group in Christchurch. Future directions of research designed to investigate more fully the nature of alienation in skinheads, as well as suggestions to mitigate such behaviour were also discussed.