Bank robbery.

Of all the criminals who practice their craft in the United States, bank robbers have been the most glamorized. Books and movies have portrayed them as folk heroes. The public’s fascination with bank robberies has been linked to the negative view of banks and the robber’s arguments that they were only stealing from the rich. Despite the folk-hero status given to famous bank robbers, bank robbers are violent criminals who use threats or violence to steal money from banks and their customers. During the nineteenth century, some of the most famous bank-robbing gangs were also among the most murderous. These included the Dalton gang and Jesse James’s gang, who robbed banks in the Old West and were tracked down by locals.