The Resilience of the Russian mafia: an Empirical Study

Criminal organizations constantly face challenges that threaten their existence. This paper discusses the effects that state repression and state transformation have on criminal organizations and how such organizations respond. We focus on the case of the Russian mafia, known as the vory-v-zakone. W...

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Authors: Varese, Federico 1965- (Author) ; Lonsky, Jakub (Author) ; Podvysotskiy, Yuriy (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2021
In: The British journal of criminology
Year: 2021, Volume: 61, Issue: 1, Pages: 143-166
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Keywords:
Criminal organizations
Mafias
Russian mafia
Soviet Union
Rituals
Vory v zakone
Vory fraternity
Diebe im Gesetz