Criminals, Nazis, and Islamists: competition for power in former Soviet Union prisons

'Criminals, Nazis, and Islamists' provides an authoritative overview of prisoner organizations in Russia from Soviet times to the present. It shows how the Vory criminal organization, the earliest prison gang, came to dominate Russian prisons over the course of the twentieth century and es...

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Main Author: Mironova, Vera (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Oxford University Press [2023]
In:Year: 2023
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
Prisoners > Social conditions > Former Soviet republics
Prison gangs > Former Soviet republics
Prisons > Former Soviet republics
Prisons > Russia (Federation)
Russland > Sowjetunion > Gefängnis > Justizvollzugsanstalt > Strafgefangener > Rechtsradikalismus > Islam > Fundamentalismus > Kriminelle Organisation > Bande > Geschichte
Social services & welfare, criminology
True Crime
Related Items:Erscheint auch als: 1847648541
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Summary:'Criminals, Nazis, and Islamists' provides an authoritative overview of prisoner organizations in Russia from Soviet times to the present. It shows how the Vory criminal organization, the earliest prison gang, came to dominate Russian prisons over the course of the twentieth century and establish its own unique form of internal prison governance.
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource
ISBN:9780197645697
DOI:10.1093/oso/9780197645659.001.0001