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How crime was tamed

Theodore Roosevelt

Thomas Byrnes

(The rouge gallery)

Map showing the mass amounts of crimes in just one precinct in New York

  • 1895 (Before becoming president) accepted the job in New York city as Police Commissioner
  • Strongly believed the need to clean up the large cities
  • Took down over 30 corrupted Police Officers in the NYPD
  • Enforced prohibition of alcohol strictly (Even on the Sabbath)
  • Caused the New York Police to straighten out, and take the crime in the city seriously.
  • Immigrated to New York City.
  • Worked his way to becoming New York PD's chief and lead detective.
  • Started taking pictures of all known criminals
  • Became our modern day "Mug Shot"
  • Caused the identification of criminals to be easier
  • Used exaggerated interrogation techniques. Now illegal. Effective.
  • Busted ovber 3,000 criminals in 15 years.

This is an article from the "New York Times" in 1920 about a large alcohol bust worth over $7,000

Who these changes effected:

  • With increase of sanitation and quality of the slums, thanks to George Warring and his "White Ducks", those living there were less encouraged to steal to be comfortable
  • The rich were satisfied with the improvement and felt their support made a change
  • The police force grew stronger and publicly favored

This graph shows the amount of murders through the years

Can see: Spike around 1920-1930, then a sudden drop off

How these changes effect us today

Who was for/against the movement?

  • Thomas Byrne's: Rouge gallery became our modern day "Mug shot"
  • The New York slums, although still low quality and infested with crime, is not nearly as disgusting
  • Police is larger cities have become far more effective in catching criminals

Conclusion

  • Naturally, the criminals didn't like the fact that their chances of being caught increased from the improved Police force
  • Many of the wealthy supported the change because they were sympathetic for the less fortunate
  • The Poor supported the reform because it improved their security and living conditions greatly
  • The City officials and Politicians supported busting crime to improve the image of their city

Crime on the Rise

What crimes were going on?

  • Large increase of theft
  • Homicide
  • Organized crime
  • Large bank robberies
  • Gang fights
  • Illegal trade of alcohol while prohibited

Who were effected? Who wants a solution?

  • Crime among the horrid slums in the large urban cities sky rocket
  • Urban population increases 80x
  • 80% of theft and homicide committed against the crowded poor.
  • The more crowded the city, the more crime committed
  • Main crimes being Theft and Homicide

Crime was a growing issue in New York and other large urban cities across the newly populated America. One of the many reforms during the Progressive era.

  • Guns could be rented by the hour
  • Less "Crime Busting" technology
  • The poor didn't like their current life style (Or being stolen from/Killed)
  • The police weren't keeping up with the arrest and criminal ratio
  • Some of the rich pitied the horrid living conditions of the slums, felt it was their social responsibility to aid the less fortunate
  • Many Americans wanted a change for a safer, and more sanitary environment

Progressive Era:

Urban Crime

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