Soviet Russia Fights Crime

Soviet Russia Fights Crime (1934) examines the workings of the Soviet penal system in the pre-war years of the Soviet Union. It is a valuable insight into prison life in Soviet Russia, in both prisons and prison colonies, with the author being allowed remarkably free access to certain institutions.

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. The Soviet Penal System Shoulders a Heavy Task 3. Re-education by Productive Work 4. Prisoners' Free Time 5. The Comrade as Public Prosecutor 6. A Commission is More Powerful than a Court 7. When Prisoners are Ill 8. Young Vagabonds 9. The Community at Bolschevo 10. Girl Vagrants at Work 11. Spiteful Women Criminals 12. Red Army Men and Former Party Members in Prison 13. Prisons with Open Doors: An Agricultural Colony; and, A Prison by the Railway 14. A Prison They Did Not Wish Me to See 15. Incorrigibles and Backsliders 16. Criticisms by Prisoners

Product details

• Authors: Lenka von Koerber
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 19.01.2026
• EAN: 9781032860343
• ISBN: 978-1-032-86034-3
• No. of pages: 260
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Soviet Society
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Penology, LAW / Legal History, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Legal History, Social and cultural history, c 1930 to c 1939, Penology and punishment, Prisons, c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), USSR, Soviet Union, HISTORY / Russia / Soviet Era