The thing is, I don't think most military service actually involves killing people. My dad was in Vietnam in the Air Force. He was a dental assistant.
--- On Mon, 7/14/08, WD <mister.wd at gmail.com> wrote:
> From: WD <mister.wd at gmail.com>
> Subject: [lbo-talk] Violent Offenders with Military Experience
> To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
> Date: Monday, July 14, 2008, 11:14 PM
> Within the last year in North Carolina alone, three female
> soldiers,
> two of whom were pregnant, have been murdered. In two of
> the cases,
> another soldier is the suspect:
>
> http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/3200960/
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Maria_Lauterbach
>
> In the remaining case, the cops have a "person of
> interest" who is a
> student at the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center.
> Surprise!
>
> http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/06/28/pregnant.soldier/
>
> It is well documented that military personnel commit plenty
> of violent
> crimes -- especially violence against women (e.g. Tailhook,
> etc.)
> What I haven't found, though, are any empirical studies
> identifying a
> significant correlation between offenders' military
> service and
> violent crime. Anyone know of any? The anecdotal evidence
> certainly
> suggests that military personnel and former military
> personnel commit
> violent crimes at a higher rate than those with employment
> histories
> that don't involve killing people.
>
> -WD
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