1st Edition

Organized Crime, Prison and Post-Soviet Societies

By Alain Touraine, Anton Oleinik Copyright 2003
326 Pages
by Routledge

326 Pages
by Routledge

This title was first published in 2003. The "Red Mafia" in Russia have become the subject of increasing international interest and considerable misinterpretation. After well-received editions in Russian, French and Italian, Anton Oleinik's study of Russian prisons, in which he explores the social roots of organized crime in post-Soviet societies, is now published in English. This English edition... Read more
Introduction; 1: Understanding the ‘Small’ Society; 2: Penal Society in Russia; 3: Generalization Test: A Torn Society; 4: Institutional Change: Two Cases Compared; Conclusion; Postscript

Biography

Alain Touraine, Anton Oleinik