We're doing the troubles in Northern Ireland in school at the moment and it mentions areas like 'Free Derry' where the RUC and army wouldn't enter and the IRA controlled them. Was there an increase or decrease in crime and how was the IRA's way of dealing with crime perceived by the people who lived in these areas?
Why were there free areas where the RUC and British Army wouldn't enter?
Question to OP, what class are you taking? Are you in the UK?
Just curious