This is a list of the Great Depression-era outlaws spanning the years of
Prohibition
Prohibition is the act or practice of forbidding something by law; more particularly the term refers to the banning of the manufacture, storage (whether in barrels or in bottles), transportation, sale, possession, and consumption of alcoholic ...
and the
Great Depression
The Great Depression (19291939) was an economic shock that impacted most countries across the world. It was a period of economic depression that became evident after a major fall in stock prices in the United States. The economic contagio ...
known as the "
Public Enemy
"Public enemy" is a term which was first widely used in the United States in the 1930s to describe individuals whose activities were seen as criminal and extremely damaging to society, though the phrase had been used for centuries to describe p ...
" era. Those include high-profile criminals wanted by state and federal law enforcement agencies for armed robbery, kidnapping, murder, and other violent crime. These are not to be confused with
organized crime figures of
the same period.
Prohibition and the "Public Enemy" era (c. 1919–1939)
References
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External links
Public Enemy #1 Gallery: Depression-Era Desperadoes''Booknotes'' interview with Bryan Burrough on ''Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34'', September 19, 2004.
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Depression-era outlaws
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