Crime & Anti-Crime, 16T-CAM
This category explores both sides of crime, delving into many different aspects and cases of unlawful conduct. It includes perpetrators as well as victims and those who fought against crime in an effort to establish a safe community environment.
Crime & Anti-Crime Encyclopedia Articles By Title
16th Street Baptist Church bombing, terrorist attack in Birmingham, Alabama, on September 15, 1963, on the predominantly......
1983 Beirut barracks bombings, terrorist bombing attacks against U.S. and French armed forces in Beirut on October......
1983 United States embassy bombing, terrorist attack on the U.S. embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, on April 18, 1983,......
1986 West Berlin discotheque bombing, attack carried out on April 5, 1986, in West Berlin, in which Libyan agents......
2002 Bali Bombings, terrorist attack involving the detonation of three bombs on the Indonesian island of Bali on......
Omar Abdel Rahman was an Egyptian-born cleric who served as the spiritual leader of al-Jamāʿah al-Islāmiyyah (Arabic:......
Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah was an Egyptian militant Islamist and al-Qaeda strategist who was indicted by the United......
Abu Sayyaf Group, militant organization based on Basilan island, one of the southern islands in the Philippine......
Abū Niḍāl was a militant leader of the Fatah Revolutionary Council, more commonly known as the Abū Niḍāl Organization......
Aden-Abyan Islamic Army, Yemen-based Islamist militant group that has been implicated in several acts of terrorism......
Joe Adonis was a major American crime-syndicate boss in New York and New Jersey. Born near Naples, Adonis came......
Lope de Aguirre was a Spanish adventurer whose name practically became synonymous with cruelty and treachery in......
Ahuitzotl was the eighth king of the Aztecs, under whose reign (1486–1502) the Aztec empire reached its greatest......
Air India Flight 182 disaster, passenger jet explosion off the coast of Ireland on June 23, 1985, that claimed......
Saif al-Adel is an Egyptian militant Islamist who served as a high-ranking member of al-Qaeda and head of Osama......
Al-Aqṣā Martyrs Brigades, coalition of Palestinian West Bank militias that became increasingly violent during the......
al-Takfīr wa al-Hijrah, name given by Egyptian authorities to a radical Islamic group calling itself the Society......
Aleph, Japanese new religious movement founded in 1987 as AUM Shinrikyo (“AUM Supreme Truth”) by Matsumoto Chizuo,......
Alex Boncayao Brigade, Manila-based death squad that assassinated dozens of people on the orders of the Communist......
Franz Alexander was a physician and psychoanalyst sometimes referred to as the father of psychosomatic medicine......
Ali Paşa Tepelenë was an Albanian brigand who, by murder and intrigue, became pasha, or provincial governor, of......
William Allen was an English-born Roman Catholic cardinal and scholar who supervised the preparation of the Douai-Reims......
Amboina Massacre, execution that took place in Amboina (now Ambon, Indon.) in 1623, when 10 Englishmen, 10 Japanese,......
Conspiracy of Amboise, abortive plot of young French Huguenot aristocrats in 1560 against the Catholic House of......
American Airlines flight 77, flight scheduled to travel from Dulles International Airport near Washington, D.C.,......
Albert Anastasia was a major American gangster. Anastasia immigrated to New York City from Italy in 1919 and, in......
Charles de Valois, duke d’Angoulême was an illegitimate son of King Charles IX of France and Marie Touchet, chiefly......
William Douglas, 10th Earl of Angus was a Scottish rebel and conspirator, a convert to Roman Catholicism during......
Anjala League, (1788–89), a conspiracy of Swedish and Finnish army officers that undermined the Swedish war effort......
Eugene Aram was a noted English scholar and murderer, whose notoriety was romanticized in a ballad by Thomas Hood......
Armenian Genocide, campaign of deportation and mass killing conducted against the Armenian subjects of the Ottoman......
Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (ASALA), terrorist group formed in 1975 to force Turkey to admit......
Artabanus was the minister of the Achaemenid king Xerxes I of Persia, whom he murdered. According to one Greek......
Henry Fitzalan, 12th earl of Arundel was a prominent English lord during the reign of the Tudors, implicated in......
Philip Howard, 1st (or 13th) earl of Arundel was the first earl of Arundel of the Howard line, found guilty of......
Aryan Brotherhood, notoriously violent white supremacist group and organized crime syndicate. It is the oldest,......
Asahara Shoko was the founder of AUM Shinrikyo (“Supreme Truth”; renamed Aleph in 2000), a millenarian new religious......
On November 22, 1963, U.S. Pres. John F. Kennedy was shot and killed in Dallas, Texas, while being driven through......
assassination of Mahatma Gandhi, mortal shooting of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the foremost leader in the movement......
assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., mortal shooting of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., the most prominent......
Atlanta Olympic Games bombing of 1996, bombing that occurred at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia, resulting......
Mohammed Atta was an Egyptian militant Islamist and al-Qaeda operative who helped plot and lead the September 11......
John Avery was one of Britain’s most renowned pirates of the late 17th century, and the model for Daniel Defoe’s......
Steven Avery is an American labourer who served 18 years in prison (1985–2003) for rape and attempted murder before......
Anwar al-Awlaki was an American Islamic preacher and al-Qaeda terrorist killed by a controversial U.S. drone attack.......
François-Noël Babeuf was an early political journalist and agitator in Revolutionary France whose tactical strategies......
Bagoas was a confidential minister of the Achaemenid king Artaxerxes III of Persia. His name was the Greek form......
LaFayette Curry Baker was the chief of the U.S. Federal Detective Police during the American Civil War and director......
Banana Massacre, the unprovoked killing of United Fruit Company workers and their supporters in Ciénaga, Magdalena......
Barabbas, in the New Testament, a prisoner mentioned in all four Gospels who was chosen by the crowd, over Jesus......
Barbarossa , also known as "Redbeard", was a Barbary pirate and later admiral of the Ottoman fleet, by whose initiative......
Ma Barker was the matriarch of an outlaw gang of brothers and allies engaged in kidnapping and in payroll, post-office,......
Sam Bass was an American Western outlaw who was finally gunned down by the Texas Rangers. Bass left his Indiana......
Bath school disaster, pair of bombings on May 18, 1927, of Bath Consolidated School in Bath Township, Michigan,......
Beltway sniper attacks, shooting spree in the Washington, D.C., area that killed 10 people and injured 3 over a......
David Berkowitz was an American serial killer who murdered six people in New York City in 1976–77. His crimes plunged......
Beslan school attack, violent takeover of a school in Beslan, a city in the North Caucasus republic of North Ossetia,......
Bessus was an Achaemenid satrap (governor) of Bactria and Sogdiana under King Darius III of Persia. In 330, after......
Ronnie Biggs was a British criminal who was involved in the Great Train Robbery (1963) and later became a fugitive......
Billy the Kid was an American outlaw who was one of the most notorious gunfighters of the American West. Although......
Osama bin Laden was the founder of the militant Islamist organization al-Qaeda and mastermind of numerous terrorist......
Birmingham pub bombing, terrorist bomb attack on two pubs in Birmingham, England, on November 21, 1974. The explosions......
Black and Tan, name given to British recruits enrolled in the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) from January 1920......
Black Bart was a California hooded robber believed to have held up some 28 stagecoaches from 1875 to 1883. Twice......
Black Hand, secret Serbian society of the early 20th century that used terrorist methods to promote the liberation......
Black Hand, any of several extortion rackets run by immigrant Sicilian and Italian gangsters in the Italian communities......
Black Hundreds, reactionary, antirevolutionary, and anti-Semitic groups formed in Russia during and after the Russian......
Black September, breakaway militant faction of the Palestinian organization Fatah. The group was founded in 1971......
Blackbeard was one of history’s most famous pirates, who became an imposing figure in American folklore. Little......
Tony Blair is a British Labour Party leader who served as prime minister of the United Kingdom (1997–2007). He......
Griselda Blanco was a Colombian cocaine trafficker who amassed a vast empire and was a central figure in the violent......
Bloods, street gang based in Los Angeles that is involved in drugs, theft, and murder, among other criminal activities.......
Bloody Sunday, demonstration in Londonderry (Derry), Northern Ireland, on Sunday, January 30, 1972, by Roman Catholic......
Bloody Sunday, (January 9 [January 22, New Style], 1905), massacre in St. Petersburg, Russia, of peaceful demonstrators......
Boko Haram, Islamic sectarian movement, founded in 2002 by Mohammed Yusuf in northeastern Nigeria, that since 2009......
Bonanno crime family, New York City-based organized crime syndicate with roots dating back to the late 19th century......
Pierre-Napoléon Bonaparte was a French prince (after 1851) and son of Napoleon I’s brother Lucien Bonaparte. A......
Anne Bonny was an Irish American pirate whose brief period of marauding the Caribbean during the 18th century enshrined......
John Wilkes Booth was a member of one of the United States’ most distinguished acting families of the 19th century......
Lizzie Borden was an American woman suspected of murdering her stepmother and father in 1892; her trial became......
Boston Marathon bombing of 2013, terrorist attack that took place a short distance from the finish line of the......
Boston Massacre, (March 5, 1770), skirmish between British troops and a crowd in Boston, Massachusetts. Widely......
Boston Strangler, American serial killer who murdered at least 11 women in the Boston area between 1962 and 1964.......
James Hepburn, 4th earl of Bothwell was the third husband of Mary, Queen of Scots. He evidently engineered the......
Braccio da Montone was one of the greatest of the condottieri (leaders of bands of mercenary soldiers) who dominated......
Brady Law, U.S. legislation, adopted in 1993, that imposed an interim five-day waiting period for the purchase......
L. Paul Bremer III is a U.S. government official, who served as director of the Coalition Provisional Authority......
John Brennan is an American intelligence officer who served as director (2013–17) of the Central Intelligence Agency......
Marie-Madeleine-Marguérite d’Aubray, marquise de Brinvilliers was a French noblewoman who was executed after poisoning......
Brownsville Affair, (1906), racial incident that grew out of tensions between whites in Brownsville, Texas, U.S.,......
Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus was a Roman general who participated in the assassination of the dictator Julius......
Marcus Junius Brutus was a Roman politician, one of the leaders in the conspiracy that assassinated Julius Caesar......
Louis Buchalter was an American organized crime boss and founder of the murder-for-hire organization popularly......
Whitey Bulger was an American crime boss who, as head of the Boston-area Winter Hill Gang, was a leading figure......
Ted Bundy was an American serial killer and rapist, one of the most notorious criminals of the late 20th century.......
George W. Bush is the 43rd president of the United States (2001–09), who led his country’s response to the September......
László Bárdossy was a Hungarian politician who played a key role in bringing his country into World War II as an......
Massacre at Béziers, (21–22 July 1209). This brutal massacre was the first major battle in the Albigensian Crusade......
Cambodian genocide, systematic murder of up to three million people in Cambodia from 1976 to 1978 that was carried......
Camorra, Italian secret society of criminals that grew to power in Naples during the 19th century. Its origins......