‘Zhigany’ and “Urki”: From the White Guards to ‘Thieves-in-Law’
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
Dmytro Yagunov: Informal prison hierarchies in the 21 century: subculture, trends and social control (The 2025 Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology)
In this study, we raise the issues of the origins of Soviet criminal and prison subculture, the corresponding informal prisoner hierarchies, and the
Dmytro Yagunov: The Wagner Phenomenon: Russian Neo-Imperialism and the Importation of Prison Subculture
The issue of Russian criminal and prison subculture and its spread is by no means historical or criminological in nature. In fact, assessing
Trust and Distrust of Ukrainians in Courts and Law Enforcement Before and After the Full-Scale Invasion
In January 2025, the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) presented very significant and impressive results of a new survey focused on the
Crimes on the State Border of Ukraine: Statistical Indicators
In order to provide answers that reflect the real situation in the field of protection of the state border of Ukraine – both