Crime & Anti-Crime, GAM-LOR
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
Gambino crime family
Gambino crime family, New York City-based organized crime syndicate with roots dating back to late 19th-century......
Gambino, Carlo
Carlo Gambino was the head of one of the Five Families of organized crime—the Bonanno, Colombo, Genovese, Lucchese,......
Garavito, Luis
Luis Garavito was a Colombian serial killer who was convicted of murdering 189 boys in the 1990s. Many of Garavito’s......
Garnett, Henry
Henry Garnett was an English Jesuit superior implicated in the Gunpowder Plot, an abortive conspiracy to destroy......
Garrett, Pat
Pat Garrett was a Western U.S. lawman known as the man who killed Billy the Kid. Born in Alabama and reared in......
Gein, Ed
Ed Gein was an American murderer whose gruesome crimes gained worldwide notoriety in the 1950s, when it was discovered......
Genovese crime family
Genovese crime family, New York-based organized crime syndicate. The Genovese crime family is considered one of......
Genovese, Vito
Vito Genovese was one of the most powerful of American crime syndicate and Mafia bosses from the 1930s to the 1950s......
German-Herero conflict of 1904–07
German-Herero conflict of 1904–07, the conflict between the Herero people and German colonial troops in German......
Giancana, Sam
Sam Giancana was a major American gangster, the top syndicate boss in Chicago from 1957 to 1966, who was noted......
Gilgo Beach Serial Killings
The Gilgo Beach serial killings were a string of murders on Long Island, New York, that began in the early 1990s......
Gilmore, Gary
Gary Gilmore was an American murderer whose execution by the state of Utah in 1977 ended a de facto nationwide......
Glencoe, Massacre of
Massacre of Glencoe, (February 13, 1692), in Scottish history, the treacherous slaughter of members of the MacDonald......
Gnadenhütten Massacre
Gnadenhütten Massacre, (March 8, 1782), murder of 96 Ohio Indians, mostly Delawares, by an American Revolutionary......
Goetz, Bernhard
Bernhard Goetz is an American vigilante who rose to national fame when he shot four African American males on a......
Gotti, John
John Gotti was an American organized-crime boss whose flamboyant lifestyle and frequent public trials made him......
Granmont, Louis
Louis Granmont was one of the most celebrated of French buccaneers, a scourge of the Spanish settlements bounding......
Great Train Robbery
Great Train Robbery, (August 8, 1963), in British history, the armed robbery of £2,600,000 (mostly in used bank......
Guadalajara cartel
Guadalajara cartel, criminal drug-trafficking organization that dominated the Mexican drug trade throughout the......
Guardian Angels
Guardian Angels, nonprofit volunteer organization founded in New York City in 1979 by Curtis Sliwa to deter violent......
Guiteau, Charles J.
Charles J. Guiteau was a lawyer and aspiring politician who assassinated Pres. James A. Garfield. Guiteau, who......
Gunpowder Plot
Gunpowder Plot, the conspiracy of English Roman Catholics to blow up Parliament and King James I, his queen, and......
Guzmán, Abimael
Abimael Guzmán was the founder and leader of the Peruvian revolutionary organization Shining Path (in Spanish,......
Guzmán, Joaquín
Joaquín Guzmán is the former head of the Sinaloa drug cartel, one of the most powerful criminal organizations in......
Hafiz Muhammad Saeed
Hafiz Muhammad Saeed is the cofounder of several Islamic organizations in Pakistan that followed the Ahl-e-Hadith......
Hall, Ben
Ben Hall was a notorious Australian bushranger (a bandit of the Outback) who led a gang that committed hundreds......
Hamas
Hamas, militant Palestinian nationalist and Islamist movement in the West Bank and Gaza Strip that is dedicated......
Hamas: At a Glance
Hamas is a militant group in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank that was founded in 1987 at the beginning of the......
Hamidian massacres
Hamidian massacres, series of atrocities carried out by Ottoman forces and Kurdish irregulars against the Armenians......
Hardin, John Wesley
John Wesley Hardin was the most notorious killer and quick-draw gunman of the Texas frontier. He killed at least......
Harmodius and Aristogeiton
Harmodius and Aristogeiton were known as the tyrannoktonoi, or “tyrannicides,” who, according to popular but erroneous......
Hauptmann, Bruno
Bruno Hauptmann was a German-born American carpenter and burglar who in 1935 was convicted of kidnapping and murdering......
Hayat Tahrir al-Sham
Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), militant Islamist group in Syria that emerged during the Syrian Civil War (2011– )......
Hearst, Patty
Patty Hearst is an heiress of the William Randolph Hearst newspaper empire who was kidnapped in 1974 by leftist......
Hells Angels
Hells Angels, club for motorcyclists that was founded in California in 1948 and is probably the best known of the......
Henzi, Samuel
Samuel Henzi was the principal organizer of the “Henzi conspiracy” (June 1749) that sought to overturn the patrician......
Hernandez, Aaron
Aaron Hernandez was drafted into the NFL in 2010, at the age of 20. At 27, he was found dead from suicide in a......
Hezbollah
Hezbollah, Shiʿi Lebanese political party and militant group that first emerged during Lebanon’s civil war as a......
Hillside Strangler
Hillside Strangler, name coined by media for the serial killer believed to be responsible for the rape and murder......
Hitler, Adolf
Adolf Hitler was the leader of the Nazi Party (from 1920/21) and chancellor (Kanzler) and Führer of Germany (1933–45).......
Holmes, H.H.
H.H. Holmes was an American swindler and confidence trickster who is widely considered the country’s first known......
Holocaust
Holocaust, the systematic state-sponsored killing of six million Jewish men, women, and children and millions of......
Holodomor
Holodomor, man-made famine that convulsed the Soviet republic of Ukraine from 1932 to 1933, peaking in the late......
Homeland Security Act
Homeland Security Act, U.S. legislation signed into law by President George W. Bush on November 25, 2002, that......
Homeland Security, United States Department of
The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was created in response to the catastrophic failures of......
Hooton, Earnest A.
Earnest A. Hooton was an American physical anthropologist who investigated human evolution and so-called racial......
Huntly, George Gordon, 1st Marquess and 6th Earl of
George Gordon, 1st marquess and 6th earl of Huntly was a Scottish Roman Catholic conspirator who provoked personal......
Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization
Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO), secret revolutionary society that was active in the late......
International Criminal Court
International Criminal Court (ICC), permanent judicial body established by the Rome Statute of the International......
Iqbal, Javed
Javed Iqbal was a Pakistani serial killer who murdered some 100 boys. His case attracted international attention......
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Irgun Zvai Leumi, Jewish right-wing underground movement in Palestine, founded in 1931. At first supported by many......
Irish Republican Army
Irish Republican Army (IRA), republican paramilitary organization seeking the establishment of a republic, the......
Islamic State in Iraq and Syria
Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), transnational jihad movement that has orchestrated or inspired numerous......
Islāmbūlī, Khālid al-
Khālid al-Islāmbūlī was an Egyptian radical, known as the assassin of Anwar Sadat. Born into a family of rural......
Jack the Ripper
Jack the Ripper, pseudonymous murderer of at least five women in or near the Whitechapel district of London’s East......
Jaish-e-Mohammed
Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), Islamist militant group, founded in Pakistan in 2000 by Masood Azhar, primarily known for......
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre, incident on April 13, 1919, in which British troops opened fire on a large crowd of......
Japanese Red Army
Japanese Red Army, militant Japanese organization that was formed in 1969 in the merger of two far-left factions.......
John, Little Willie
Little Willie John was a rhythm-and-blues singer of the 1950s whose vocal style anticipated soul music. John grew......
Johnson, Nucky
Nucky Johnson was an American politician who controlled both government and organized crime in Atlantic City, New......
Jones, Jim
Jim Jones was an American religious leader who founded Peoples Temple, a new religious movement that ended in 1978......
Jonestown
Jonestown, (November 18, 1978), location of the mass murder-suicide of members of the California-based Peoples......
Joseph Bonanno
Joseph Bonanno was an Italian American crime boss of the eponymous Bonanno family, one of the New York City-based......
July Plot
July Plot, abortive attempt on July 20, 1944, by German military leaders to assassinate Adolf Hitler, seize control......
Kaczynski, Ted
Ted Kaczynski was an American criminal who conducted a 17-year (1978–95) bombing campaign that killed 3 and wounded......
Kakori Conspiracy
Kakori Conspiracy, armed robbery on August 9, 1925, of a train in what is now central Uttar Pradesh state, north-central......
Karadžić, Radovan
Radovan Karadžić is a politician who was the leader (1990–96) of the Serb Democratic Party in Bosnia and president......
Karaïskákis, Geórgios
Geórgios Karaïskákis was a klepht, or brigand chief, who played an important role in the Greek War of Independence.......
Katyn Massacre
Katyn Massacre, mass execution of Polish military officers by the Soviet Union during World War II. The discovery......
Kelly, Machine Gun
Machine Gun Kelly was a bootlegger, small-time bank robber, and kidnapper who ranged through Tennessee, Mississippi,......
Kelly, Ned
Ned Kelly was the most famous of the bushrangers, Australian rural outlaws of the 19th century. In 1877 Kelly shot......
Kemper, Edmund
Edmund Kemper is an American serial killer who, between 1964 and 1973, murdered 10 people in California, including......
Kennedy, assassination of John F.
assassination of John F. Kennedy, mortal shooting of John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States,......
Kennedy, Robert F.
Robert F. Kennedy was a U.S. attorney general and adviser during the administration of his brother Pres. John F.......
Khmer Rouge
Khmer Rouge, radical communist movement that ruled Cambodia from 1975 to 1979 after winning power through a guerrilla......
Khobar Towers bombing of 1996
Khobar Towers bombing of 1996, terrorist attack on a U.S. Air Force housing complex in the town of Khobar, near......
Kidd, William
William Kidd was a 17th-century privateer and semilegendary pirate who became celebrated in English literature......
Kim Jae Kyu
Kim Jae Kyu was a Korean military officer and head of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency (KCIA; now the National......
Kinzie, Juliette Augusta Magill
Juliette Augusta Magill Kinzie was an American pioneer and writer, remembered for her accounts of the indigenous......
Kiritsis, Tony
Tony Kiritsis was an American businessman who took mortgage executive Richard (Dick) Hall hostage for some 63 hours......
Kohlhase, Hans
Hans Kohlhase was a German merchant turned brigand who spent the later 1530s in a feud with Saxony, causing considerable......
Kony, Joseph
Joseph Kony is a Ugandan rebel who led the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), a militia that terrorized northern Uganda......
Ku Klux Klan
Ku Klux Klan, either of two distinct U.S. hate organizations that employed terror in pursuit of their white supremacist......
Kuklinski, Richard
Richard Kuklinski was an American serial killer who was convicted of four murders in 1988 and of a fifth in 2003,......
Kurdistan Workers’ Party
Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), militant Kurdish nationalist organization founded by Abdullah (“Apo”) Öcalan in......
Kürten, Peter
Peter Kürten was a German serial killer whose widely analyzed career influenced European society’s understanding......
Lansky, Meyer
Meyer Lansky was one of the most powerful and richest of U.S. crime syndicate chiefs and bankers. He had major......
Lashkar-e-Taiba
Lashkar-e-Taiba was founded in Pakistan in the late 1980s as a militant wing of Markaz-ud-Dawa-wal-Irshad, an Islamist......
Lay, Elzy
Elzy Lay was a western American outlaw, a member of the Wild Bunch (q.v.) and the favourite friend and ally of......
Lehder, Carlos
Carlos Lehder is a Colombian-German drug smuggler, a leader in the powerful Medellín drug cartel, who was credited......
Lentulus, Publius Cornelius
Publius Cornelius Lentulus was a leading figure in Catiline’s conspiracy (63 bc) to seize control of the Roman......
Ley, Robert
Robert Ley was a Nazi politician and head of German labour, who helped supervise the recruitment of slave labour......
Li Si
Li Si was a Chinese statesman who utilized the ruthless but efficient ideas of the political philosophy of Legalism......
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), guerrilla organization that sought to establish an independent Tamil state,......
Libya bombings of 1986
Libya bombings of 1986, U.S. air attacks on selected targets in Libya, launched on April 15, 1986, in retaliation......
Lincoln, assassination of Abraham
assassination of Abraham Lincoln, murderous attack on Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States,......
Lindbergh baby kidnapping
Lindbergh baby kidnapping, crime involving the kidnapping and murder of Charles Lindbergh, Jr., the 20-month-old......
Lombroso, Cesare
Cesare Lombroso was an Italian criminologist whose views, though now largely discredited, brought about a shift......
London bombings of 2005
London bombings of 2005, coordinated suicide bomb attacks on the London transit system on the morning of July 7,......
Lord’s Resistance Army
Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), militant group led by Joseph Kony that has waged a war of attrition against the government......