Baby Face Nelson AKA Lester Joseph Gillis

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Lester Joseph Gillis also known as Baby Face Nelson was a notorious bank robber, and a murderer. Nelson was born on December 6, 1908 in Chicago. His parents emigrated from Belgium, while his father worked in the stockyard and his mother Tutored schoolchildren in French. Since nelson’s parents were always busy with work they often left their children unattended, leaving nelson and his brother to roam the Westside of Chicago alone with out having their parents check in on them. Nelson life of crime can be traced to his early teen years, at age 13 he would steal car tires, running stills, bootlegging, and armed robbery (Federal Bureau Of Investigation). Some of the main theories that can prove the reason that lead baby face nelson to enter the life of crime can be linked to Social Structure Theory, Ecological Theory, Rational Choice Theory, and Social Learning Theory. Nelson parents were just like any other parents but the fact that they were two busy working to sustain a life made it easily for their sons to become exposed to the crime in Chicago. At the same time the city of Chicago is to blame for not providing a safe place individuals to grow and not become exposed to the life of crime. At the same time Nelson didn’t have the opportunity to learn the values of life since his parents weren’t around as much and when he was sent to a boys home at the age of thirteen didn’t help him in learning what is right and wrong. During the life of baby face nelson he committed over four bank robberies and although there is no clear number of how many people Baby Face Nelson killed, he did kill 5 FBI agents during his life of crime. Nelson was sent to a boy’s home when he was thirteen for stealing and was released two years latter but sent to j... ... middle of paper ... ...ded during the process. Nelson was shot seventeen times. During the firefight Nelson was able to escape but died a day later from his wounds. Baby Face Nelson past determined what he would do with the rest of his life, he chose to enter the life of crime, the society didn’t help prevent him from continuing the life, his neighborhood was full or crime which made Nelson make wrong choices on how to live his life. Works Cited Biography.com. Baby Face Nelson. 2013. 11 12 2013 . Brooks, Marlin. Baby Face Nelson. 29 Oct 2002. 11 Dec 2013 . Federal Bureau Of Investigation. "Baby Face" Nelson. 11 12 2013 . The Outlaw Journals. Baby Face Nelson. 11 12 2013 .

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