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Explora- Al Capone Biography

Al Capone trail article

Outlaws, Mobsters & Crooks ( Book) by Marie J. MacNee

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In the long run, the effect that the crimes Al Capone committed in society caused many deaths to those who were involved in mob fights, or affiliated with gang related violence. The St. Valentine event was for remembrance of those tragic events. A short term effect resulting from these events was the 18th amendment, which happened because of all the overproduction of alcohol being sold and made. Although the amendment was repealed soon after in 1933, there remained underground issues that Capone was involved with impacted him. Capone faced informal sanctions, such as beatings by other gang members. He also encountered the ultimate formal sanction, which is prison. His behavior had consequences, and he did not serve enough punishment for them but it did take an unfortunate toll on his life.

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Capone is a secondary deviant because he revolved his life around criminal activity. His source of income was through producing alcohol when it was illegal. He acted out his entire life, as he began fighting and gang affiliation at such a young age. He served time in prison, for murdering people. In our opinion, it cannot get more deviant than that! His reputation was formed because of the crimes that he committed.

Capone had his share of victim discounting. He was filthy rich; this contributed to the unreasonably short time that he spent in prison. He deserved more time in prison, but due to his status he was sentenced to less time.

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Now that Capone had power, he set about creating a good public image for himself. In the public's eye, he was a quiet man and was always well dressed. He attended charity dinners and became well known for his generosity. He even tried to keep the peace among the competing gangsters in Chicago. He attempted in 1926 to hold a press conference calling for other criminals to tone down their operations and refrain from violence.

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When Al Capone was in his street gang they were committing many different crimes such as vandalism, theft, and minor crimes, (fist fights). Later on Capone "graduated" to a new gang called the Five Points. He eliminated his competition by ordering 500 deaths, while an estimated 1,000 people died on both sides in his bootleg wars. Capone built a variety of network of liquor distributorships, distilleries, breweries, and brothels. On Valentine's Day, 1929, Capone commanded his men to kill "Bugs" Moran, head of the gang that had machine-gunned the Capone headquarters. Disguising themselves as police officers, Capone's men massacred seven opponents in a downtown warehouse.
Later on Capone was found guilty of tax evasion on October 18, 1931 and sentenced to eleven years in prison and over $250,000 in fines and back taxes.

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Born in Naples Italy, on January 17 1899.

When Capone was a child he and his large family immigrated to the United States. They settled in Brooklyn, New York, in which the parents would later regret. The streets were filled with crime, and this had an enormous impact on the qualities that Capone would adopt. When he was 12 years old, he dropped out of school and joined a street gang with a newfound peer group.