How Did Bonnie And Clyde Influence The Crime Rate Of The 1920's

They escaped capture in various encounters with the law. However, their activities made law enforcement efforts to apprehend them even more intense. During a shootout with police in Iowa on July 29, 1933, Buck Barrow was fatally wounded and Blanche was captured. Jones, who was frequently mistaken for “Pretty Boy” Floyd, was captured in November 1933 in Houston, Texas by the sheriff’s office. Bonnie and Clyde went on together. (Bonnie and Clyde par. 9)

During Alcatraz over thousands of people went to Alcatraz. On of the first people to go to Alcatraz was Al Capone the most wanted criminals. Al Capone was the most dangerous criminal back then. He killed his first person when he was 15 years old. Later on he sold bad stuff and he then got caught and went to prison. After he was finished with his prison sentence he killed another person. A couple years

During the Twenties prohibition was passed, this caused the crime rate to skyrocket. The passage of the 18th amendment prohibited the sale and purchase of alcohol. So a lot of people started smuggling alcohol into the United States becoming criminals, if they were good at it they would most likely become part of a gang of bootleggers. George“Machine Gun Kelly”Barnes was a well-known gangster, bootlegger and businessman in the twenties. He was most famous for his kidnapping of Charles F. Urschel. Machine Gun Kelly made a big impact on popular culture by being such a notorious gangster.

During the 1920s, organised crime was a major issue plaguing federal authorities, as well as the American people. This took place in most big cities across the United States, particularly in Chicago, Illinois, where gangsters such as Al Capone, Bugs Moran and Johnny Torrio dominated all aspects of life. However, at this time, authorities also faced problems from the government through corruption and scandalous actions.

The prohibition caused much controversy in the 1920’s. The 18th amendment was passed on Jan 16, 1920, it said in Title II, Section 3 the National Prohibition Act states that "No person shall on or after the date when the 18th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States goes into effect, manufacture, sell, barter, transport, import, export, deliver, furnish or possess any intoxicating liquor except as authorized in this act." (United States constitution). The Prohibition opened up many big business opportunities in the illegal marketing of alcohol. The people who took advantage of this opportunity were known as “Bootleggers”. With the enactment of this law organized crime was established, allowing men such as Al Capone to capitalize

Butch was released in 1896 and he continued the life of a criminal. It was at this point that he established the Wild Bunch- a group famed for their successful and longest stint in bank and train robberies. Upon forming the group, Butch made sure that the members are taught of how to conduct successful robberies based on the mistakes that he and his previous groups committed which led to death or imprisonment.

The 1920’s was an extraordinary time period filled with flappers, speakeasies, and gangsters. One of the most notorious gangsters during this time was a man named Al Capone. On February 14, 1929, seven bullet riddled corpses were discovered inside a garage inside a lonesome garage on Clark Street owned by gangster George “Bugs” Moran.

In the opinion of most Bonnie and Clyde where the most famous and most romantically involved criminals in American history, Bonnie Elizabeth Parker and Clyde Chestnut Barrow were two young Texans having and early 1930s crime spree before my time of birth would forever leave their legacy to be criticized by many and envied by most. Most people only live to tell the story of what was expected, but I am here to state the facts of who Bonnie and Clyde really were, grasping your attention, making your mind run full with imagination and placing yourself in the era owned by Bonnie and Clyde the 1930's.

The 1920s was a “time of great criminal activity, with prohibition laws in America and the world in an economic depression” (Nash, 1). Organized criminals such as American mobsters thrived during this time. Al Capone, Bonnie and Clyde, and John Dillinger were the most well-known of the gangsters at the time, many of the common people looked to these criminals as “heroes”. There were a tremendous amount of people who turned to criminal activity; mostly because jobs were scarce and

However, their activities made law enforcement efforts to apprehend them even more intense. During a shootout with police in Iowa, Buck Barrow was fatally wounded and Blanche was captured. Jones was captured in November 1933 in Houston, Texas by the sheriff’s office. After this happened, Bonnie and Clyde decided to continue their journey

Bootlegging, the distribution and dealing of an illegal substance, was becoming increasingly popular with liquor outlawed. Bootleggers would go to great extents to bring in liquor to their customers, prymarily speakeasy owners, as well as making sure they did not lose their customers to the other vaious gangs in the area. To ensure this threats were made to owners, gang wars began, and many murders occurred. (“Prohibition”) Those who became successful bootleggers became emmensly rich and powerful resulting in the expansion and flourishing of organized crime. Most organized crime leaders, gangsters, were wealthy and lived, at least on the outside, a sophisticated and exuberant life. In fact durning the Prohibition Era many people idolized bootlegging and gangs because it was a fast way to get rich and powerful.This would lead to an increase in the population of gangs. These gangs could be extremely dangerous and would kill many, ultimately causing an increase in homicide rates by 13% ("Organized Crime and Prohibition”). The reasoning behind the homicide rates going up is simple; as different mobs became more powerful in their areas and their range of illegal activities expanded they got more attention and this attention caused for rivalrys between different mobs and a higher police involvement in attempting to end the

The story of the notorious outlaws Bonnie and Clyde have a few variations at various points. Some say that Bonnie and Clyde were lovers, while others say that Clyde was actually gay. In Eastham prison farm some say that Clyde chopped off two of his own toes to get out of the hard labor in the fields, but others claim he had a fellow inmate chop them off for him with an ax. Another controversial point is Clyde's first of many murders. Some say it was a store owner he was robbing and shot, while others say that it was an inmate, Ed Crowder or "Big Ed". Some claim that before Clyde possibly murdered Big Ed the large inmate had been trying to sodomize or just downright ravish the much smaller Clyde that he illegibly sexually abused. Another

The criminal in the interview described the nature of one operation with Moran’s mob he was involved in. According to the operation they had to reload a load of whisky hi jacked on a track, while several surrounded the place with machine guns. Huge money was made by criminals gangs and murders were common as gangs fought each other in order to protect or expand their territories. Territorial disputes

During this period the rise of urban gang rule and mobsters was unprecedented, mainly emerging from minority immigrant groups (Jewish/Italian/Irish). Initially the gangsters of the period were seen as high achievers as they were associated with the proletariat and seemed to be capable of rising above there roots, even during hard times in America, and achieve wealth. When considering the socio-economic factors it is easy to understand why such men were considered as "gangster-heroes"[3] who represented the people, however the only way that gangsters could achieve this wealth, subsequently fulfilling the American Dream, was by stealing it. " Accruing capital meant accruing power over others"[4].

Alcatraz is located in the middle of the San Francisco bay. It officially became a prison in 1934 and was built to house and contain the most notorious criminals of that time. There were 14 escape attempts total involving 36 different prisoners. However, this one was by far the most publicized and successful one. Frank Lee Morris was in Alcatraz for “Crimes ranging from narcotics possession to armed robbery.” The Anglin brothers were also both serving time for bank robbery according to alcatrazhistory.com.