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In this study, we put on the agenda the issue of the origins of Russian criminal and prison subculture, the corresponding informal prisoner
The article is focused on the origins of Russian criminal and prison subculture and the current state of this phenomenon, which is imported
By creating a giant colony beyond the Urals, unparalleled in world history, and populating it mainly with criminal elements, the Muscovite Tsardom and
Modern prison systems are characterised by the increasing role of violent criminal subcultures in prisons, which is a key challenge for most prison
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 ‘vagrants’. The category
The issue of Russian criminal and prison subculture and its spread is by no means historical or criminological in nature. In fact, assessing
