- Description
- 1 online resource (x, 216 p.) : ill.
- Uniform Title
- Soldier, sailor, beggarman, thief (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Soldier, sailor, beggarman, thief (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [202]-212) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- 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.
- LCCN
- 2012537395
- OCLC
- ssj0000914981
- Author
Emsley, Clive.
- Title
Soldier, sailor, beggarman, thief [electronic resource] : crime and the British Armed Services since 1914 / Clive Emsley.
- Imprint
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
- Edition
1st ed.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [202]-212) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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