RT Article
T1 Executing US soldiers in England, world war II. Command influence and sexual racism
JF The British journal of criminology
VO 37
IS 2
SP 262
OP 288
A1 Lilly, J. Robert 1943-
A1 Thomson, Michael J.
LA English
YR 1997
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1639313753
AB Current capital punishment literature is overwhelmingly concerned with civilian executions. Overlooked is capital punishment by the non-civilian sector - the military. This paper researches US executions of soldiers during World War II in England. We conclude that racism exists in the process, but can only be understood through the context of its use. The Visiting Forces Act of 1942 permitted the American military to use capital punishment in England as a disciplinary tool to control a perceived danger: African-American troops socializing with British females, and the potential explosive violence between Caucasian and African-American troops
K1 England
K1 Todesstrafe
K1 US-Truppen
K1 Rassenfragen