Troop Crime in Peacetime
Criminality and Accountability of U.S. Troops Worldwide During the Cold War
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7665010 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Asif Efrat (0000-0001-8325-3932, Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya, Israel, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 657-678 |
| Publication date | 2022-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Armed Forces & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0095-327X • E-ISSN: 1556-0848 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0095327x211011578 |
| OpenAlex | W3161258771 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 24 |
U.S. forces abroad have often faced complaints about crimes committed by troops, yet we lack systematic quantitative information on such crimes. Based on newly discovered data compiled by the Army, this article presents a comprehensive and detailed picture of American troops’ criminal activity worldwide during the Cold War (1954–1970). The data show that troops engaged in significant criminality, with a particularly high rate of violent crime—homicide, rape, and robbery—and a relatively low rate of property crime. Host countries treated offending troops leniently: Prison sentences were rare, and they averaged less than 2 years in duration. The data presented here hold far-reaching implications for our understanding of the relations between U.S. forces and host countries and the legacy of U.S. military deployments
Cold war · Criminology · Military justice · Peacetime · Political science · Politics · Prison · Sociology · Defense, Military, and Policy Studies · Law · Military and Defense Studies · Military History and Strategy
Dimensions of the Dark Figure of Unreported Crime
Base Politics
Liberal Leviathan
Foreign Policy Analysis
Embattled Garrisons
Activists, Alliances, and Anti-U.S. Base Protests
Protest in Tokyo
The Sacrifice Of A Schoolgirl
Does the Presence of Foreign Troops Affect Stability in the Host Country
The Interdependence of U.S. Troop Deployments and Trade in the Developing World
We Might As Well Write Japan Off”
Putting our best boots forward
Why the Crime Drop
Crimes Committed by U.S. Soldiers in Europe, 1945–1946
Protests Against U.S. Military Base Policy in Asia
U.S. Military Deployment and Host-Nation Economic Growth
The Effect of US Troop Deployment on Host States' Foreign Policy
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |