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Lexington Books has published a new volume by Professor Pauline Collins (Southern Queensland): The Military as a Separate Society: Consequences for Discipline in the United States and Australia. "Pauline Collins argues that a different system of military criminal investigation and discipline outside the civilian justice system enables the military to operate like a coterie and can lead to a failure in the requisite moral standard of behavior required of military personnel and maintaining civilian institutional control. Collins contends that the justifications for separate treatment weaken both the military's reputation and the practice of civilian control of the military as well as lead to an overall decline in morality and values in a democratic society."