1st Edition
Policemen of the Tsar Local Police in an Age of Upheaval
By Robert J. Abbott
Copyright 2022
232 Pages
by
Central European University Press
Founded by Peter the Great in 1718, Russia’s police were key instruments of tsarist power. In the reign of Alexander II (1855-1881), local police forces took on new importance. The liberation of 23 million serfs from landlord control, growing fear of crime, and the terrorist violence of the closing years challenged law enforcement with new tasks that made worse what was already a staggering... Read more
Preface, Glossary of Russian Police Terms, Chapter 1: The Local Police at Mid-Century, Chapter 2: The Rural Police, Chapter 3: Metropolitan and Municipal Police, Chapter 4: From Stalemate to Forced Resolution, Chapter 5: A Police Balance Sheet, Chapter 6: Consequences and Implications, Appendix: Police in the Borderlands, Bibliography
Biography
Robert Abbott has a PhD from Princeton University. He has worked as a university instructor, intelligence analyst, and consultant to US intelligence and law enforcement agencies.
