The exercise of public power by the Military in civilian Western democracies such as Australia and the United States demonstrates a tendency toward diminished responsibility for moral behavior.
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 civili.
The exercise of public power by the Military in civilian Western democracies such as Australia and the United States demonstrates a tendency toward diminished responsibility for moral behavior