«Россия в зеркале уголовных традиций тюрьмы»

Памяти моего друга Геннадия Николаевича Чиндина посвящаю

Рецензенты:

В. И. Селиверстов, доктор юридических наук, профессор, заслуженный деятель науки Российской Федерации

Ю. В. Голик, доктор юридических наук, профессор

Reviewers:

Honored Science Worker of the Russian Federation,

Doctor of Law, professor V. I. Seliverstov

Doctor of Law, professor Yu. V. Golik

V. M. Anisimkov

Russia in the Mirror of Prison Criminal Traditions. – St. Petersburg: “Yuridichesky Center Press”, 2003.

The work is devoted to the problem of subculture interrelations of persons deprived of freedom; analyses elements of subculture formed in “prison community”: traditions and customs, the underworld, tattoos, entertainments, etc. Special attention is paid to the research of stratification of prisoners, its reasons and evolution – from pre-revolutionary Russia until now; uses data of interviews carried out both with the convicted criminals and with those who work in the criminal enforcement system.

The book will be useful for lawyers: theoreticians, first of all, for the representatives of criminalistics cycle of sciences, and practitioners, in the first place, for specialists of the bodies of the enforcement of punishment. It can arouse interest of specialists in cultural studies, sociologists, historians, and everybody who would like to get acquainted with the problem of penitentiary subculture.

© V. M. Anisimkov, 2003

© Yuridichesky Center Press, 2003