Soldier, sailor, beggarman, thief : crime and the British armed services since 1914 /
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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | 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 critically and scarcely at all for the period of the two World Wars of the 20th century. This is a serious investigation of criminal offending by members of the British armed forces both during and immediately after these wars. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 216 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191647031 0191647039 9781283949569 1283949563 9780191744204 0191744204 |