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The Outfit. John Crews and Jacob Sullivan. The Outfit. American Gangsters in Chicago Late 1800s – present Notorious members: Big Jim Torrio Al Capon Prohibition . FBI.gov and AmericanMafia.com. 1929 St. Valentine's Day Massacre. South Side Italian vs. North Side Irish gang
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The Outfit John Crews and Jacob Sullivan
The Outfit • American Gangsters in Chicago • Late 1800s – present • Notorious members: • Big Jim • Torrio • Al Capon • Prohibition FBI.gov and AmericanMafia.com
1929 St. Valentine's Day Massacre • South Side Italian vs. North Side Irish gang • 7 murdered Chicago Historical Society
Goal/Purpose • Profit • Illegal brewing, distilling, and distributing beer and liquor • “Growth Industries” • Labor unions/gambling • Racketeering • Legitimate business: cleaning/dyeing field FBI.gov and AmericanMafia.com
Why Join • Peer group attraction • Escape from abusive/non-existent family • Economic gain • Being marginalized by society, ethnically/ economically Canadian Journal of Criminology & Criminal Justice: “Listening in to….Gang Culture”
Recruitment • Original Italian members • Mostly Sicilian men • Ages 16+ • Have day jobs • Must kill someone to enter • Recruited in large groups to hide members UnreportedCases.com and EzineArticles.com
Rituals • Join hands and chant oaths of loyalty, respect, and honor • Hold piece of burning paper • Swear to uphold principles of the mafia • Drop of blood from the finger • Murder someone • Doesn’t guarantee entrance UnreportedCases.com and EzineArticles.com
Hierarchy UnreportedCases.com
Culture: Code of the street • Inner city to negotiate power • Did not want to seem weak • Dominate others and showing strength • Three Rs of gang life: • Reputation • Respect • Retaliation • Suburb of Cicero • More violence and disorder without the code Canadian Journal of Criminology & Criminal Justice: “Listening in to….Gang Culture”
Culture Continued • Gang is family/togetherness • Positions: achieved statuses of power • Business= free space (bars) • Conflict between rival gangs/inner turmoil • Society affects gangs, vice versa FBI.gov and AmericanMafia.com
Problem/Solution • Defining the Problem: alcohol illegal • Identify cause: prohibition • Suggest solution: make/distribute alcohol
Problem/Solution • Defining the Problem: family problems/inferiority • Identify cause: culture/minority in a new country • Suggest solution: join a gang
4 Components of Culture • Secret society: hard to define culture • Symbols • No symbol, intimidation • Language • Code of the street • Values • Family, money, • reputation • Norms • Morés
Works Cited • "Al Capone." Chicago Historical Society. n. page. Web. 9 Jul. 2013. <http://www.chicagohs.org/history/capone/cpn3.html>. • "America in the 20s: Prohibition." EyeWitness to History.com. (2000): n. page. Print. <http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/snpmech2.htm>. • Beare, Margaret E., and Chris Hogg. "Listening In...to Gang Culture." Canadian Journal of Criminology & Criminal Justice. (2013): n. page. Web. 9 Jul. 2013. <http://ehis.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=5&sid=03d89374-9239-4982-b904-f6b171dedea4@sessionmgr104&hid=116>. • Binder, John J. "The Chicago Outfit." American Mafia. (2001): n. page. Web. 9 Jul. 2013. <http://www.americanmafia.com/cities/chicago/html>. • "Famous Cases & Criminals." Federal Bureau of Investigation. n. page. Web. 9 Jul. 2013. <http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/history/famous-cases/al-capone>. • Jain, Vedant. "Mafia's Ritual of Induction." Ezine Articles . (2008): n. page. Web. 9 Jul. 2013. <http://www.ezinearticles.com/?Mafias-Ritual-of-Induction&id=1480905>. • "Sicilian Mafia- Recruitment, Hierarchy, and Structure."Unreported Cases. n. page. Web. 9 Jul. 2013. <http://www.unreportedcases.com/mafia-crimes/sicilian-mafia-mafia-crimes/sicilian-mafia-recruitment-hierarchy-and-structure>.