Criminology and Criminal Justice in Russia - Past Legacies and Present Challenges

Informationen zum Autor Anna Gurinskaya is Associate Professor in the Department of Liberal Arts and Sciences! St. Petersburg State University! Russia.Mahesh K. Nalla is Professor in the School of Criminal Justice at Michigan State University! USA. Zusammenfassung This book explores 200 years of criminology in Russia, and current developments in criminal justice practices and policies. It examines and analyses police, courts, and corrections. This book was first published as a special issue of International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Criminology & Criminal Justice in Russia 1. Russian criminology as "Terra Incognita": legacies of the past and challenges of the present 2. Soviet and post-Soviet Russian criminology – an insider’s reflections 3. Social values and delinquency of Russian youth 4. State and the Multilateralization of Policing in Post-Soviet Russia 5. Pretrial detention in Russian criminal courts: a statistical analysis 6. Plea bargaining in Russia: the role of defence attorneys and the problem of asymmetry 7. The Restriction of Judicial Investigative Remand in Russia: The Role of Cultural Values in Citizen Acceptance and Perceived Fairness 8. Severity and leniency in criminal sentencing in Russia: the effects of gender and family ties 9. Female criminality in Russia: a research note from a penal colony

Product details

• Authors: Anna Nalla Gurinskaya
• Assisted by: Anna Gurinskaya (Editor), Mahesh Nalla (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.07.2018
• EAN: 9781138491373
• ISBN: 978-1-138-49137-3
• No. of pages: 180
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; Russia, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, Sentencing & punishment, Sentencing and punishment, Juvenile offenders, Criminal justice law, Juvenile Criminal Law