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OverviewIn analyzing how economic crime was managed in Russia, from the Brezhnev era to the Yeltsin years, this book reveals the historical roots of the 'criminal problem' that has marked Russian politics since the late 1980s. During the closing decades of the Soviet regime, the daily struggle against shortages of goods and services precipitated a rapid increase in the black market and other underground practices, visible to all, but still deemed illegal. How did Soviet police officers and judges select the cases they dealt with on a daily basis? And how were the funds and manpower dedicated to combating 'economic crime' actually deployed? Law enforcement agencies also had to deal with the aftermath of Mikhail Gorbachev's liberal economic reforms. Russia's economy underwent far-reaching change, its judicial framework proved obsolete to combat the new challenges and its police woke up to the possibility of privatising or selling their professional knowhow. Drawing on first hand research and interviews with criminals and police officers, this scrupulous study investigates the changing nature of criminal law and policing before and after the fall of the Soviet state. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Gilles Favarel-GarriguesPublisher: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd Imprint: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd Dimensions: Width: 13.80cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 21.60cm ISBN: 9781849040655ISBN 10: 1849040656 Pages: 288 Publication Date: 01 September 2011 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationGilles Favarel-Garrigues is a researcher at CERI Sciences Po, Paris, specialising in law enforcement in Russia and global campaigns against transnational crime. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |