Homicide in the Russian Empire and Soviet Union: Continuity or Change?

With the collapse of Communism, statistics relating to previously taboo' phenomena such as homicide became available in the Soviet Union for the first time in over 50 years. The current study builds on several recent studies of homicide in Russia by extending both its time-frame and geographica...

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Authors: Stickley, Andrew (Author) ; Mäkinen, Ilkka Henrik (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:Undetermined language
Published: 2005
In: The British journal of criminology
Year: 2005, Volume: 45, Issue: 5, Pages: 647-670
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Keywords:
Tötungsdelikte
Sowjetunion
Entwicklung
Russland
Geschichte
Sozialer Umbruch
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Summary:With the collapse of Communism, statistics relating to previously taboo' phenomena such as homicide became available in the Soviet Union for the first time in over 50 years. The current study builds on several recent studies of homicide in Russia by extending both its time-frame and geographical coverage. Taking data from the end of the tsarist (1910) and Communist (1989) periods, the study maps the changes that occurred in the geographical distribution of homicide rates in European Russia' across the Soviet years. While non-Russian areas tended to remain or become less violent, Russia became more violent. These differences may have had a cultural component underlying them which was further exacerbated by the role of the state in the Soviet period
ISSN:0007-0955