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The article is focused on the origins of Russian criminal and prison subculture and the current state of this phenomenon,…
By creating a giant colony beyond the Urals, unparalleled in world history, and populating it mainly with criminal elements, the…
The modern self-designations of ‘thieves’ such as ‘law-abiding’, ‘lawful thieves’, and ‘thieves-in-law’ also originate from the pre-Revolutionary subculture of the…
In this study, we raise the issues of the origins of Soviet criminal and prison subculture, the corresponding informal prisoner…
Walls several meters high, cells under constant surveillance, bulletproof glass partitions separating visitors from prisoners: In Vanden le Vieux, a…
This monograph was prepared and published during my work and research at the University of Tübingen as part of the…
Prison systems globally continue to report high levels of violence, with a myriad of drivers and impacts for people in…
