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

""Criminals, Nazis, and Islamists: Competition for Powers in Former Soviet Union Prisons" examines conflicts and cooperation between inmates in male prisons in the former Soviet Union. It looks at how Vory criminal organization, that began in 1930th was able to develop rules, norms, a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mironova, V. G. (Vera Grigorʹevna) (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023]
Subjects:
Prisoners > Former Soviet republics > Social conditions.
Prisons > Former Soviet republics.
Prison gangs > Former Soviet republics.
Prisonniers > Ex-URSS > Conditions sociales.
Prisons > Ex-URSS.
Gangs dans les prisons > Ex-URSS.
Prison gangs
Prisoners > Social conditions
Prisons
Soviet Union > Former Soviet republics
Social services & welfare, criminology.
True Crime.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:""Criminals, Nazis, and Islamists: Competition for Powers in Former Soviet Union Prisons" examines conflicts and cooperation between inmates in male prisons in the former Soviet Union. It looks at how Vory criminal organization, that began in 1930th was able to develop rules, norms, and unique criminal ideology to ensure their monopoly in prison internal governance. In particular this book discusses the organization of inmates life inside prisons and how Vory criminal organization governs it"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 309 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780197645697
0197645690
9780197645673
0197645674