Soldier, sailor, beggarman, thief : crime and the British armed services since 1914 / Clive Emsley.

The belief that crime declines at the beginning of major wars as young men are drawn into the armed forces, and increases with the restoration of peace, as brutalised veterans are released on to a labour market reorganising for peace, has a long pedigree in Britain. But it has rarely been examined c...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Emsley, Clive
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford : Oxford University Press, ©2013.
Subjects:	War and crime. Soldiers > Great Britain. Crime > Great Britain. Military offenses > Great Britain. SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology. Crime Military offenses Soldiers War and crime Great Britain History
Online Access:	Click for online access

Table of Contents:

1. 'The object of military law is to maintain discipline': different laws for different people
2. 'A court of justice and not a court of law!': courts and justice in the services
3. 'Law makes crime': what difference does war makes?
4. 'The biggest thieves in the world': service personnel and property crime
5. 'I didn't like the officer ... and I don't like you': crimes against the person
6. 'The unwritten law': servicemen and domestic violence
7. The shell-shock defence
8. Post-war crime waves?
9. Conscripts and professionals: beyond the world wars
10. 'I could have done other stuff': the return to professional services.

Soldier, sailor, beggarman, thief : crime and the British armed services since 1914 / Clive Emsley.

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