Thomas J Kehoe
Biographic Data
| ID | 1089565 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thomas J Kehoe |
| GIVEN NAMES | Thomas J |
| FAMILY NAME | Kehoe |
| SIGNATURE | KEHOE T J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Swinburne University of Technology |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8182-0390 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
A forgotten episode in the history of tobacco control
While Australia is now renowned for world-leading anti-tobacco measures, including being the first jurisdiction to introduce plain packaging of cigarettes in 2012, it was not always at the forefront of tobacco control. This article traces the history of the process by which cigarette advertising on radio and television was banned in Australia in the mid-1970s, several years after similar legislative measures were introduced in comparable countrie…
Making Early Detection Possible
There are four organised national screening programs in Australia today for breast, bowel, cervical and lung cancers. These have been enabled by Medicare, which pays for key services delivered by health practitioners and pathologists. This article focuses on the critical role of Medicare in the development of the National Cervical Screening Program, the first nationalised screening program of its kind. We examine the seven years between Medicare’…
Harnessing law for global noncommunicable disease control
In 2014, the McCabe Centre for Law and Cancer launched its flagship International Legal Training Program (ILTP), which aims to raise the capacity of government lawyers from low- and middle-income countries using the law to address noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). The course consisted of in-person/online training followed by practical implementation by participants through a ‘priority project’. To evaluate the ILTP, we conducted a mixed-methods st…
British Imperial Legacies and Tobacco Power
The global tobacco market is tightly connected to twentieth-century imperialism, yet historians have rarely interrogated how imperial legacies hinder modern tobacco control in post-colonial states. While laws and regulations have been effectively implemented in many countries to reduce tobacco-related harms; the influence of ‘Big Tobacco’ over governments and policymakers remains a formidable obstacle. This article examines high-income Cyprus and…
The past as present in health promotion
Health promotion is conceived as a unifying concept for improving the health of populations. This means addressing the socio-cultural, economic and commercial causes of ill-health, which are necessarily informed by past policies and socio-cultural contexts. However, historical scholarship has rarely figured in health promotion practice or scholarship. This gap resides in the determinants of health, and notably in the analyses of tobacco control a…
History & Crime
Revealing the cross utility potential of multiple disciplines to advance knowledge in crime studies, History & Crime showcases new research into crime from across the interdisciplinary perspectives of early modern and modern history, criminology, forensic psychology, and legal studies.
Bias in the Treatment of Non-Germans in the British and American Military Government Courts in Occupied Germany, 1945–46
Non-Germans—particularly “displaced persons”—were routinely blamed for crime in occupied western Germany. The Allied and German fixation on foreign gangs, violent criminals, and organized crime syndicates is well documented in contemporary reports, observations, and the press. An abundance of such data has long shaped provocative historical narratives of foreign-perpetrated criminality ranging from extensive disorder through to near uncontrolled …
Transforming Occupation in the Western Zone of Germany
The Reich Military Court and Its Values
Between 1939 and 1945, the highest Wehrmacht court—the Reichskriegsgericht (RKG)—condemned hundreds of Jehovah’s Witness conscientious objectors to death. Though the law permitted lesser sentences, in the majority of cases judges opted for capital punishment. Debate about their motivations persists. Were they Nazi ideologues? Did Nazi laws constrain their judgements? Or do other factors explain their decisions? This examination of the legal reaso…
Women Always Drew the Short Straw”
An indispensable luxury’
World War II devastated the international markets for British American Tobacco (BAT). This article uses new archival documents to show how BAT successfully navigated political and social obstacles in military-occupied Germany (1945–1948) to become the leading non-German tobacco concern in West Germany. It reveals BAT’s lobbying strategy used a ‘revolving door’ with the British and American occupation administrations and a targeted message that al…
Living Propaganda and Self-Serving Recruitment
In 1941 Hitler set aside racial purity restrictions for the Wehrmacht to form the German-Arab Training Unit. New sources reveal Arab recruitment was self-serving, meant to bolster Nazi propaganda and foment anti-Allied Arab violence. Racism towards Arabs was pervasive throughout the Nazi regime and the Wehrmacht, stemming from Nazi ideology and older colonial attitudes. Consequently, the unit’s two-year history from May 1941 to May 1943 was defin…
The Good Occupation
Carruthers acknowledges that her impressive, data-driven new book about the experience of American soldiers during occupation after World War II testifies to a renewed interest in the subject. The demarcation between war and peace is rarely clear. All wars have far-reaching societal consequences, affecting the psychologies of both the defeated and, as we learn from Carruthers, the victorious. This point is no more evident today than in Iraq, whic…
Control, Disempowerment, Fear, and Fantasy
To date, scholars have provided seemingly contradictory accounts of violent crime during the US occupation of Germany. Social disorder and violence are commonly described extending for months or years after the war. For scholars of US Military Government, however, the imposition of a strict military regime precluded such crime. Meanwhile, Alan Kramer's quantitative study suggests lower rates of violent criminality and Jose Canoy found fear of cri…
Israel Charny’s Attack on the Journal of Genocide Research and its Authors
Israel Charny has published an article, “Holocaust Minimization, Anti-Israel Themes, and Antisemitism: Bias at the Journal of Genocide Research” (JGR) in the Journal for the Study of Antisemitism. His specific allegations are bundled together in a single sentence: “minimization of the Holocaust, delegitimization of the State of Israel, and repeat[ing] common themes of contemporary antisemitism”. We write as the authors of articles and contributor…
A Reply to Dykstra’s “Evident Bias in ‘Crimes Committed by U.S. Soldiers in Europe, 1945–1946’”
Contrary to Robert Dykstra’s contention, we do not attempt to equate Soviet and U.S. crimes. Instead, we present new quantitative evidence that indicates a higher rate of U.S.-perpetrated crime than previously thought. The result should be a re-appraisal of U.S. soldiers’ behavior that penetrates further than the popular narrative that contrasts a peaceful West with a disorderly East. Dykstra’s mistaken critique of our statistical results appears…
Crimes Committed by U.S. Soldiers in Europe, 1945–1946
Accounts from victims and observers, including new research in the U.S. National Archives and the Bavarian National Archives, suggest that American soldiers committed crimes against persons—especially rape and various forms of assault—and against property in Europe after World War II more often than statistics about charges and prosecutions at the time indicated. More importantly, previously unexamined statistical summaries of crimes committed by…
Honor and Humiliation in Apuleius’ Apologia
Apuleius’ Apologia has consistently drawn scholarly attention as an example of soaring rhetoric from the Second Sophistic and for being the only remaining account of a trial for illegal magic from the early Empire. This study opts for a different approach. It uses the Apologia as a window into the culture of Roman provincial high society by examining Apuleius’ motivations for demanding his accusers bring formal charges against him, as well as the…
Civic Empowerment in an Age of Corporate Greed
In this case study of industrial pollution and community activism, Edward C. Lorenz places destructive corporate environmental practices in the context of what he views as a deeply flawed political-economic system that privileges blind faith in the free-market system and expert knowledge over the needs and interests of local communities. Civic Empowerment in an Age of Corporate Greed recounts the histories of a group of firms that were linked to …
Fighting for our mutual benefit
The question of why Nazi radio urged Arab violence against both the Jews and Allies during World War Two has been central to debate over genocidal invective in Nazi Arabic propaganda. Certain authors have suggested that it provides evidence of a Nazi effort to extend the Holocaust into the Middle East and North Africa, while others have posited significant post-war consequences. This article explores the intentions behind Nazi propaganda within t…
Crimes Committed by U.S. Soldiers in Europe, 1945–1946
Accounts from victims and observers, including new research in the U.S. National Archives and the Bavarian National Archives, suggest that American soldiers committed crimes against persons—especially rape and various forms of assault—and against property in Europe after World War II more often than statistics about charges and prosecutions at the time indicated. More importantly, previously unexamined statistical summaries of crimes committed by…
The Good Occupation
Carruthers acknowledges that her impressive, data-driven new book about the experience of American soldiers during occupation after World War II testifies to a renewed interest in the subject. The demarcation between war and peace is rarely clear. All wars have far-reaching societal consequences, affecting the psychologies of both the defeated and, as we learn from Carruthers, the victorious. This point is no more evident today than in Iraq, whic…
British Imperial Legacies and Tobacco Power
The global tobacco market is tightly connected to twentieth-century imperialism, yet historians have rarely interrogated how imperial legacies hinder modern tobacco control in post-colonial states. While laws and regulations have been effectively implemented in many countries to reduce tobacco-related harms; the influence of ‘Big Tobacco’ over governments and policymakers remains a formidable obstacle. This article examines high-income Cyprus and…
The Reich Military Court and Its Values
Between 1939 and 1945, the highest Wehrmacht court—the Reichskriegsgericht (RKG)—condemned hundreds of Jehovah’s Witness conscientious objectors to death. Though the law permitted lesser sentences, in the majority of cases judges opted for capital punishment. Debate about their motivations persists. Were they Nazi ideologues? Did Nazi laws constrain their judgements? Or do other factors explain their decisions? This examination of the legal reaso…
A Reply to Dykstra’s “Evident Bias in ‘Crimes Committed by U.S. Soldiers in Europe, 1945–1946’”
Contrary to Robert Dykstra’s contention, we do not attempt to equate Soviet and U.S. crimes. Instead, we present new quantitative evidence that indicates a higher rate of U.S.-perpetrated crime than previously thought. The result should be a re-appraisal of U.S. soldiers’ behavior that penetrates further than the popular narrative that contrasts a peaceful West with a disorderly East. Dykstra’s mistaken critique of our statistical results appears…
Honor and Humiliation in Apuleius’ Apologia
Apuleius’ Apologia has consistently drawn scholarly attention as an example of soaring rhetoric from the Second Sophistic and for being the only remaining account of a trial for illegal magic from the early Empire. This study opts for a different approach. It uses the Apologia as a window into the culture of Roman provincial high society by examining Apuleius’ motivations for demanding his accusers bring formal charges against him, as well as the…
Fighting for our mutual benefit
The question of why Nazi radio urged Arab violence against both the Jews and Allies during World War Two has been central to debate over genocidal invective in Nazi Arabic propaganda. Certain authors have suggested that it provides evidence of a Nazi effort to extend the Holocaust into the Middle East and North Africa, while others have posited significant post-war consequences. This article explores the intentions behind Nazi propaganda within t…
Fighting for our mutual benefit
The question of why Nazi radio urged Arab violence against both the Jews and Allies during World War Two has been central to debate over genocidal invective in Nazi Arabic propaganda. Certain authors have suggested that it provides evidence of a Nazi effort to extend the Holocaust into the Middle East and North Africa, while others have posited significant post-war consequences. This article explores the intentions behind Nazi propaganda within t…
Civic Empowerment in an Age of Corporate Greed
In this case study of industrial pollution and community activism, Edward C. Lorenz places destructive corporate environmental practices in the context of what he views as a deeply flawed political-economic system that privileges blind faith in the free-market system and expert knowledge over the needs and interests of local communities. Civic Empowerment in an Age of Corporate Greed recounts the histories of a group of firms that were linked to …
Honor and Humiliation in Apuleius’ Apologia
Apuleius’ Apologia has consistently drawn scholarly attention as an example of soaring rhetoric from the Second Sophistic and for being the only remaining account of a trial for illegal magic from the early Empire. This study opts for a different approach. It uses the Apologia as a window into the culture of Roman provincial high society by examining Apuleius’ motivations for demanding his accusers bring formal charges against him, as well as the…
Control, Disempowerment, Fear, and Fantasy
To date, scholars have provided seemingly contradictory accounts of violent crime during the US occupation of Germany. Social disorder and violence are commonly described extending for months or years after the war. For scholars of US Military Government, however, the imposition of a strict military regime precluded such crime. Meanwhile, Alan Kramer's quantitative study suggests lower rates of violent criminality and Jose Canoy found fear of cri…
Israel Charny’s Attack on the Journal of Genocide Research and its Authors
Israel Charny has published an article, “Holocaust Minimization, Anti-Israel Themes, and Antisemitism: Bias at the Journal of Genocide Research” (JGR) in the Journal for the Study of Antisemitism. His specific allegations are bundled together in a single sentence: “minimization of the Holocaust, delegitimization of the State of Israel, and repeat[ing] common themes of contemporary antisemitism”. We write as the authors of articles and contributor…
A Reply to Dykstra’s “Evident Bias in ‘Crimes Committed by U.S. Soldiers in Europe, 1945–1946’”
Contrary to Robert Dykstra’s contention, we do not attempt to equate Soviet and U.S. crimes. Instead, we present new quantitative evidence that indicates a higher rate of U.S.-perpetrated crime than previously thought. The result should be a re-appraisal of U.S. soldiers’ behavior that penetrates further than the popular narrative that contrasts a peaceful West with a disorderly East. Dykstra’s mistaken critique of our statistical results appears…
Crimes Committed by U.S. Soldiers in Europe, 1945–1946
Accounts from victims and observers, including new research in the U.S. National Archives and the Bavarian National Archives, suggest that American soldiers committed crimes against persons—especially rape and various forms of assault—and against property in Europe after World War II more often than statistics about charges and prosecutions at the time indicated. More importantly, previously unexamined statistical summaries of crimes committed by…
Living Propaganda and Self-Serving Recruitment
In 1941 Hitler set aside racial purity restrictions for the Wehrmacht to form the German-Arab Training Unit. New sources reveal Arab recruitment was self-serving, meant to bolster Nazi propaganda and foment anti-Allied Arab violence. Racism towards Arabs was pervasive throughout the Nazi regime and the Wehrmacht, stemming from Nazi ideology and older colonial attitudes. Consequently, the unit’s two-year history from May 1941 to May 1943 was defin…
The Good Occupation
Carruthers acknowledges that her impressive, data-driven new book about the experience of American soldiers during occupation after World War II testifies to a renewed interest in the subject. The demarcation between war and peace is rarely clear. All wars have far-reaching societal consequences, affecting the psychologies of both the defeated and, as we learn from Carruthers, the victorious. This point is no more evident today than in Iraq, whic…
Transforming Occupation in the Western Zone of Germany
The Reich Military Court and Its Values
Between 1939 and 1945, the highest Wehrmacht court—the Reichskriegsgericht (RKG)—condemned hundreds of Jehovah’s Witness conscientious objectors to death. Though the law permitted lesser sentences, in the majority of cases judges opted for capital punishment. Debate about their motivations persists. Were they Nazi ideologues? Did Nazi laws constrain their judgements? Or do other factors explain their decisions? This examination of the legal reaso…
Women Always Drew the Short Straw”
An indispensable luxury’
World War II devastated the international markets for British American Tobacco (BAT). This article uses new archival documents to show how BAT successfully navigated political and social obstacles in military-occupied Germany (1945–1948) to become the leading non-German tobacco concern in West Germany. It reveals BAT’s lobbying strategy used a ‘revolving door’ with the British and American occupation administrations and a targeted message that al…
Bias in the Treatment of Non-Germans in the British and American Military Government Courts in Occupied Germany, 1945–46
Non-Germans—particularly “displaced persons”—were routinely blamed for crime in occupied western Germany. The Allied and German fixation on foreign gangs, violent criminals, and organized crime syndicates is well documented in contemporary reports, observations, and the press. An abundance of such data has long shaped provocative historical narratives of foreign-perpetrated criminality ranging from extensive disorder through to near uncontrolled …
History & Crime
Revealing the cross utility potential of multiple disciplines to advance knowledge in crime studies, History & Crime showcases new research into crime from across the interdisciplinary perspectives of early modern and modern history, criminology, forensic psychology, and legal studies.
The past as present in health promotion
Health promotion is conceived as a unifying concept for improving the health of populations. This means addressing the socio-cultural, economic and commercial causes of ill-health, which are necessarily informed by past policies and socio-cultural contexts. However, historical scholarship has rarely figured in health promotion practice or scholarship. This gap resides in the determinants of health, and notably in the analyses of tobacco control a…
Harnessing law for global noncommunicable disease control
In 2014, the McCabe Centre for Law and Cancer launched its flagship International Legal Training Program (ILTP), which aims to raise the capacity of government lawyers from low- and middle-income countries using the law to address noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). The course consisted of in-person/online training followed by practical implementation by participants through a ‘priority project’. To evaluate the ILTP, we conducted a mixed-methods st…
British Imperial Legacies and Tobacco Power
The global tobacco market is tightly connected to twentieth-century imperialism, yet historians have rarely interrogated how imperial legacies hinder modern tobacco control in post-colonial states. While laws and regulations have been effectively implemented in many countries to reduce tobacco-related harms; the influence of ‘Big Tobacco’ over governments and policymakers remains a formidable obstacle. This article examines high-income Cyprus and…
A forgotten episode in the history of tobacco control
While Australia is now renowned for world-leading anti-tobacco measures, including being the first jurisdiction to introduce plain packaging of cigarettes in 2012, it was not always at the forefront of tobacco control. This article traces the history of the process by which cigarette advertising on radio and television was banned in Australia in the mid-1970s, several years after similar legislative measures were introduced in comparable countrie…
Making Early Detection Possible
There are four organised national screening programs in Australia today for breast, bowel, cervical and lung cancers. These have been enabled by Medicare, which pays for key services delivered by health practitioners and pathologists. This article focuses on the critical role of Medicare in the development of the National Cervical Screening Program, the first nationalised screening program of its kind. We examine the seven years between Medicare’…
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