Contemporary Outlaws : Today 's Modern Outlaws

As the years pass, the rate of gang affiliated crimes in the Unites States has progressed extensively, accumulating more inmates into our major prisons doubling the maximum occupancy that the jails can hold. In the U.S there are currently 33,000 active violent street, motorcycle, and prison gangs with a recorded 1.4 million members combined. The registered number of police officers is a mere 683,396; which is not even half of our countries gang population. Incredibly enough, even with their small numbers these officers do the impossible to control, learn, and manipulate the ways of the inmates; taking all of the precautions necessary to stop and protect the normal citizens on the streets and the

This week I read chapter 5 of American street gangs (old book) Tim Deleany mentioned 3 points of what happens inside a gang that many don’t know, the first point is the categories they have based on the age the recruits are, the second point is the categories they are placed in depending on the activities they are involved, the third point is the process that involves the recruitment, punishment, and leaving the gang. At the conclusion of the paper I would be providing an experience my uncle went through when he was leaving the gang.

The fact that prison gangs are not visible to the public makes them seem unknown to the public eye, however the pose the same threats to the United States as all other gangs. Prison gangs are also often written off and forgotten about by authorities due to fact that they are incarcerated. “Due to their seclusion from the public and their minimal visibility, prison gangs are difficult to target and are thus frequently overlooked as threat actors, which enables them to commit various crimes without detection while covertly impacting every level of law enforcement” (FBI 2013 National Gang Report). This oversight allows prison gangs to conduct even more criminal activity. Some of the most well-known prison gangs are the Aryan Brotherhood, Mexican Mafia and the Prison Brotherhood of Bikers (FBI 2013 National Gang Report). One of the most powerful and prevalent prison gangs is the Mexican Mafia due to their influence on local street gangs by taxing all their illegal sales and ordering Surenos type gangs to help accelerate their cause by collecting gang ordered taxes, assaults, and murders (FBI 2013 National Gang Report). Many members of the Sureno gang could be controlled by comparatively few Mexican Mafia members. In exchange for working as the Mexican Mafia’s foot soldiers, they received protection should they ever become incarcerated.

Chicago is home to two major things: big pizza and big traffic. When Alphonse Capone was active in it though, it was known for a third thing, big amounts of gang crime! Alphonse Capone is one of the recognized figures of gangland history. Throughout the early 1900s, he managed to run an entire crime syndicate and never got caught doing it. This was because Alphonse Capone knew how to operate without getting his hands dirty, which can be found in how he operated himself, how he operated using the legal system, how he operated using his cronies, and his last attempts at operating in prison.

Life in the 1920s was reflected by the people and groups that were created as a result of Prohibition and The Great Depression. Al Capone, one of the most notorious gangsters in recorded history, was at the epicenter of organized crime groups that were extremely influential in everyday Chicago life. Throughout the history of the United States, people have immigrated here to live out the American Dream. In the 1920s, the introduction of Prohibition allowed for the creation of people like Alphonse Capone, who lived out a depiction of the American Dream while also going against numerous American regulations.

Al Capone. Everyone is bound to hear the name at least once in his or her life. The charming, broad smile, the greenish gray eyes, heavy set, and five foot ten and a half; a seemingly normal man. Until someone notices the scars. A faded purple, still fresh looking, Al Capone’s scars marred the normal face, they gave a glance into the life of the notorious gangster. But who was Mr. Alphonse “Scarface” Capone? One reporter comments, “… Here is a man [Capone] who is an enigmatic, a man who nobody knows, not even his closest intimates.’” (Eig 198) What did the public think of “Scarface”? Katherine Geroud said, "It is not because Capone is different that he takes the imagination;

Everyone knows that breaking the law is bad and anybody who does is a criminal, but Edward Abbey author of The Monkey Wrench Gang (1975), puts a twist on those thoughts. The Monkey Wrench Gang is an adventurous novel about a gang of environmentalists who set out to destroy bulldozers, bridges, cars, trains, signs or anything that is destroying their beautiful country, the American southwest. Through characterization and description Edward Abbey glorifies the art of law breaking and leaves his readers rooting for his heroic criminals.

Al Capone’s story started in 1899, in Brooklyn New York. He started his life like any other poor citizen does. In poverty watching his poor immigrant parents struggle, His father being a low stream barbar and mother a seamstress. (3) Capone however was able to go to school while his parents worked. Capone started off as a good student until he started being with the wrong crowd. As he started to become more rebellious at school, he stroke his teacher back after she hit him. He had to make his way to the principal's office and their he was later beaten. After this day Capone never stepped foot back into school. As the family made more money they moved to the outskirt of Brooklyn. (3) This decision changed Capons path in life.

From 1920 to 1933 the government had prohibited the making, selling, and consumption of alcohol. The general population was torn. Some people agreed and some did not. Those who opposed the Prohibition rebelled against the law. The Prohibition brought organized crime, bootlegging, corrupt police forces, speakeasies, and drastic economic effects.

1900 A rise in crime levels as gangs grow stronger. Monk Eastman's Gang starts to pose a real threat to Paul Kelly's Five Points Gang.

The Roaring Twenties were aptly named: they were indeed roaring with music and dance, but also with gangsters and criminals. The Great Depression having affected everybody, all were in need of money and ready to do whatever it took to get some. This is why the Roaring Twenties were a decade of bootlegging, bank robbing, and corruption.

Before the days of Pablo Escobar or Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmám, there was Al Capone. Arguably the most famous gangster of the time period, Al Capone was simply a minute cog in the machine that was organized crime. Prior to the 18th amendment and prohibition, gangsters were typically in the extortion business; they would offer protection for money and if the money was not delivered, they insured that an accident would happen. Although this system proved profitable, the new illegal alcohol market had too much of a potential to pass up. With this simple evolution within organized crime, the business would never be the same. With the change of organized crime came the change of the whole country as cities were transformed and the federal government

Security and privacy concerns present challenges for law enforcement combating deep web criminal activity. Crimes committed on or with the Internet are relatively new. Those crimes include illicit trade in drugs, weapons, wildlife, stolen goods, or people; illegal gambling; sex trafficking; child pornography; terrorism and anarchy; corporate and sovereign espionage; and financial crimes. Police agencies have been fighting an uphill battle always one step behind an ever evolving digital landscape and the criminals who exploit it. The novelty of the Internet begets jurisdictional and legal issues law enforcement must address while remaining ethical and holding to the code of law. Due to the anonymous nature of deep web criminal activity and the means for uncovering perpetrators, privacy concerns of citizens legally using the same software or websites are now a hot topic.

In a time when the American Society for the Promotion of Temperance was trying to bring about change for the moral good of the country. Their intentions were taken advantage of and twisted into a multimillion dollar industry. That would give birth to one of the largest organized crime syndications, as well as to the rise of a man who for short time would control the largest organized crime syndications in the country, and his own bravado would bring him to his knees.

Transnational crime is a growing problem. Transnational crime is defined as “self-perpetuating associations of individuals who operate transnational for the purpose of obtaining power, influence, monetary and/or commercial gains, wholly or in part by illegal means, while protecting their activities through a pattern of corruption and/ or violence, or while protecting their illegal activities through a transnational structure and the exploitation of transnational commerce or communication mechanisms.” (National Security Council, n.d.) . Transnational crimes are known under other names such as cross-national crime, global crime, international crime, and