Results of the repose of these Scandalous Sweethearts
After the death of Bonnie and Clyde, parents used their story, as well as the visual of their bullet-ridden corpses, to illustrate to their children that crime doesn't pay. The conclusion of their saga marked the time in history when the era of gangster and public enemies during the Depression began to come to an end. Federal statutes were put in place that made robbery and kidnapping federal offenses. In addition, local jurisdictions began to coordinate more efficiently, and two-way radios were installed in police cars, making it more difficult for criminals on the run to evade law enforcement.