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View article: Crime and the First World War in Scotland
Crime and the First World War in Scotland Open
Previously unavailable archival sources reveal the socially disruptive impact of the First World War in Scotland. While a great deal has been written on Scotland and the First World War, the question of how it affected criminality has been…
View article: ‘Likely to make good soldiers’: mobilizing Britain’s criminal population during the First World War
‘Likely to make good soldiers’: mobilizing Britain’s criminal population during the First World War Open
During the First World War Britain’s criminals were mobilized in much the same way as the rest of society. Courts allowed defendants to avoid prison if they enlisted, while borstal boys, and later adult prisoners, were also granted early r…