Soviet Russia Fights Crime

1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-032-86033-6
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 264 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 567 g

Reihe: Routledge Library Editions: Soviet Society

Soviet Russia Fights Crime (1934) examines the workings of the Soviet penal system in the pre-war years of the Soviet Union. It is a valuable insight into prison life in Soviet Russia, in both prisons and prison colonies, with the author being allowed remarkably free access to certain institutions.

Zielgruppe

Academic, Adult education, General, Postgraduate, Undergraduate Advanced, and Undergraduate Core

Autoren/Hrsg.

Koerber, Lenka von

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction 2. The Soviet Penal System Shoulders a Heavy Task 3. Re-education by Productive Work 4. Prisoners’ Free Time 5. The Comrade as Public Prosecutor 6. A Commission is More Powerful than a Court 7. When Prisoners are Ill 8. Young Vagabonds 9. The Community at Bolschevo 10. Girl Vagrants at Work 11. Spiteful Women Criminals 12. Red Army Men and Former Party Members in Prison 13. Prisons with Open Doors: An Agricultural Colony; and, A Prison by the Railway 14. A Prison They Did Not Wish Me to See  15. Incorrigibles and Backsliders 16. Criticisms by Prisoners