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      Troop Crime in Peacetime: Criminality and Accountability of U.S. Troops Worldwide During the Cold War

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          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.

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                Armed Forces & Society
                Armed Forces & Society
                SAGE Publications
                0095-327X
                1556-0848
                May 07 2021
                : 0095327X2110115
                Affiliations
                [1 ]Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya, Israel
                Article
                10.1177/0095327X211011578
                0ceea0bd-596c-4d24-95aa-5d686852a39d
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