'Fill the jails' : identity, structure and method in the Committee of 100, 1960 – 1968
The Committee of 100 (C100) (1960 – 68) were a British anti-nuclear protest group 
who campaigned for mass non-violent direct action (NVDA) in an effort to force the 
government to revise its defence policy. The formation of C100 created tensions with 
the already-established Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), whose leaders 
objected to C100's commitment to civil disobedience. The two anti-nuclear campaigns 
had some membership overlap but always remained separate. Until now, any 
investigation of C100 has been incorporated within wider studies of CND or has been 
quantitative in method. This thesis therefore addresses a historical gap by employing a 
life history approach to examine C100 as a distinct group. Drawing upon oral history 
interviews with twenty-four C100 members the resulting analysis reveals new aspects of 
C100's innovative structure and method, and identifies the particular nature of those 
who joined the campaign. 
A new image of first wave anti-nuclear activists emerges when focusing on C100 
protestors. The respondents reveal motivations for campaign engagement that contrast 
with those of earlier representations of CND supporters. They were inspired by a 
common interest in global civil rights concerning human health and survival and a need 
to actively challenge rather than merely petition the authorities. Significantly, many 
C100 members came from left-wing, progressive or anarchist backgrounds. They were 
an erudite group with regard for knowledge, despite many putting conventional 
education on hold to fully engage in the campaign. 
This thesis examines C100's libertarian nature, and the extent to which its membership 
managed to be anti-hierarchical in structure, ethos and policy. It explores tensions 
within C100 concerning limits and definitions of NVDA that changed over time and 
came to radicalise the campaign. A biographical approach also reveals significant 
factors around C100 prison experience concerning issues of class and gender. This 
thesis serves to situate C100 for the first time in its own right on the socio-political map, 
both historically and globally.
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Stuart Christie, Britain's most famous anarchist, was at the centre of two events that define a forgotten, radical period of British history - a period when people thought they could change the world.
Within and Inter-Institutional Differences Between Death Certifiers on Autopsy Conclusions
This study seeks to establish whether medico-legal practitioners differ in their autopsy conclusions within and across medico-legal institutions. Data include 459 violent deaths (homicides, suicides, and accidents) autopsy reports written by more than 20 death certifiers from four medico-legal institutions in two countries (France and the United States). Multinomial models show that compared with accidental deaths, weapon use and decedents’ characteristics both influence a homicide verdict, but not a suicide one. In addition, French practitioners are more likely than Americans to reach a conclusion of homicide or suicide compared with accident, and homicides are more likely to be certified by male practitioners.