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Scarface Al and the Crime Crusaders - Chicago's Private War Against Capone (Paperback, New edition)
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Scarface Al and the Crime Crusaders - Chicago's Private War Against Capone (Paperback, New edition)
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According to the Elliot Ness myth, which has been widely
disseminated through books, television shows, and movies, Ness and
the Untouchables defeated Al Capone by marshaling superior
firepower. In Scarface Al and the Crime Crusaders, Dennis Hoffman
presents a fresh new perspective on the downfall of Al Capone. To
debunk the Eliot Ness myth, he shows how a handful of private
citizens brought Capone to justice by outsmarting him rather than
by outgunning him. Drawing on previously untapped sources, Hoffman
dissects what he terms a "private war" against Capone. He traces
the behind-the-scenes work of a few prominent Chicago businessmen
from their successful lobbying of presidents Coolidge and Hoover on
behalf of federal intervention to the trial, sentencing, and
punishment of Al Capone. Hoffman also reconstructs in detail a
number of privately sponsored citizen initiatives directed at
stopping Capone. These private ventures included prosecuting the
gangsters responsible for election crimes; establishing a crime lab
to assist in gangbusting; underwriting the costs of the
investigation of the Jake Lingle murder; stigmatizing Capone; and
protecting the star witnesses for the prosecution in Al Capone's
income tax evasion case. Hoffman suggests that as American society
continues to be threatened by illegal drugs, gangs, and widespread
violence, it is important to remember that the organized crime and
political corruption of Prohibition-era Chicago were checked
through the efforts of private citizens. Dennis E. Hoffman is an
associate professor of criminal justice at the University of
Nebraska at Omaha.
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