Surviving Russian Prisons - Punishment, Economy and Politics in Transition

Informationen zum Autor Piacentini, Laura Klappentext What do Russian prisons look like? Who is sent to prison in Russia? How is punishment allocated and administered? This book aims to answer these and other questions! exploring how the prisons have survived the collapse of the USSR! and discussing of global penal politics. Zusammenfassung What do Russian prisons look like? Who is sent to prison in Russia? How is punishment allocated and administered? This pioneering book aims to answer these and other questions by embarking on a journey that begins by exploring how the prisons have survived the collapse of the USSR, and ends with a discussion of global penal politics. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents Introduction 1 Context of research and methodology 2 Prison labour! reform and economics: a review of the literature 3 Filling the void: Russia's new 'penal identities' 4 Barter: Russia's 'penal micro-economy' 5 Penal ideology in transition: identification in geographical spaces 6 Prison practices that test the limits of human rights norms 7 Western borrowings: how human rights have 'travelled' to Russian prisons 8 Beyond the metaphor: the phenomenon of 'failed penal societies' References Index

Product details

• Authors: Laura Piacentini, Piacentini Laura
• Assisted by: Laura Piacentini (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.2004
• EAN: 9781843921035
• ISBN: 978-1-84392-103-5
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; Russia, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Penology, Penology and punishment, Prisons