Policing Soviet Society: The Evolution of State Control

Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Title......Page 3
Copyright......Page 4
Dedication......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Tables & Figures......Page 8
Acknowledgements......Page 9
Notes on transliteration......Page 11
Introduction......Page 12
Part I A comparative framework......Page 20
1 The sources of Soviet policing......Page 22
THE HERITAGE OF CONTINENTAL POLICING......Page 23
OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES......Page 25
ACCOUNTABILITY......Page 27
THE EVOLUTION OF CONTINENTAL POLICING......Page 28
COLONIAL POLICING......Page 29
CONSEQUENCES OF COLONIAL POLICING......Page 31
COMMUNIST POLICING......Page 32
CONCLUSION......Page 34
Part II The historical development of the militia......Page 36
2 The formation of the militia......Page 38
LENIN YEARS AND THE NEW ECONOMIC POLICY......Page 39
THE STRUCTURE OF SOVIET POLICING......Page 40
STAFFING THE MILITIA......Page 42
FUNCTIONS OF THE MILITIA......Page 44
THE STALIN YEARS, 1926–53......Page 48
MILITIA PERSONNEL IN THE STALIN ERA......Page 50
STALINIST POLICE ACTIVITIES......Page 51
THE WAR YEARS......Page 52
CONCLUSION......Page 53
3 The post-Stalinist militia......Page 56
THE KHRUSHCHEV YEARS, 1953–63......Page 57
RECONSTRUCTING THE POST-STALINIST MILITIA......Page 60
THE BREZHNEV YEARS, 1963–82......Page 63
STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS OF THE BREZHNEV MILITIA......Page 64
THE IMMEDIATE POST-BREZHNEV PERIOD......Page 67
THE GORBACHEV YEARS, 1985–91......Page 70
THE FINAL YEARS OF THE SOVIET STATE, OR DECOLONIZATION REVISITED......Page 72
CONCLUSION......Page 75
Part III Structure and personnel of the militia......Page 78
THE ORGANIZATION OF THE MVD......Page 80
THE DIVISION OF POLICING FUNCTIONS IN THE SOVIET JUDICIAL SYSTEM......Page 86
CONTROL AND COORDINATION......Page 89
THE ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSE TO PERESTROIKA......Page 93
CONCLUSION......Page 97
5 Allocation, recruitment and training of militia personnel......Page 100
MILITIA SIZE AND ALLOCATION OF PERSONNEL......Page 101
RECRUITMENT......Page 103
RANKS AND SALARIES......Page 105
COMPOSITION OF THE MILITIA......Page 108
TRAINING AND EDUCATION......Page 109
THE MVD ACADEMY......Page 111
JOB PLACEMENT......Page 113
SOCIALIZATION AND MILITIA SUBCULTURE......Page 114
CORRUPTION......Page 116
PERESTROIKA AND THE MILITIA......Page 118
CONCLUSION......Page 120
Part IV Soviet militia operations......Page 122
6 Militia Operations......Page 124
MILITIA WORK PATTERNS......Page 125
USE OF ARMS......Page 126
CONTROLLING THE COMMUNITY: THE PATROL......Page 127
CITIZEN ATTITUDES TOWARDS THE MILITIA......Page 129
SPECIAL OCCASIONS......Page 130
ANTI-CRIME CAMPAIGNS......Page 131
UNDERCOVER OPERATIONS......Page 132
THE INFORMANT SYSTEM......Page 133
DEPLOYMENT OF INFORMANTS......Page 135
ANONYMOUS TIPS AND DENUNCIATIONS......Page 136
OPERATIONAL BIASES AND VARIATIONS IN MILITIA BEHAVIOR......Page 137
CONCLUSION......Page 140
7 The militia and daily life......Page 142
PARAMETERS OF CONTROL......Page 143
THE INTERNAL PASSPORT AND REGISTRATION SYSTEM......Page 145
OTHER MEANS OF CONTROLLING PERSONAL MOBILITY......Page 149
REGULATORY AND LICENSING FUNCTIONS......Page 151
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE......Page 152
INSTITUTIONAL CONTROLS......Page 153
CONCLUSION......Page 154
8 Policing the deviant: social workers with sticks......Page 156
DEALING WITH THE DEVIANT......Page 157
THE MILITIA AND DRUGS......Page 158
THE MILITIA AND ALCOHOL......Page 160
PARASITES AND VAGRANTS......Page 162
THE MILITIA AND PROSTITUTION......Page 164
THE MILITIA AND PROBLEM YOUTH......Page 166
THE MILITIA AND THE EX-OFFENDER......Page 168
ISOLATION OF THE DANGEROUS DEVIANT......Page 170
CONCLUSION......Page 171
9 The militia and crime control......Page 174
CRIME RATES OVER TIME IN THE USSR......Page 175
RECORDING CRIME......Page 176
CLEARING CRIMES......Page 178
THE INVESTIGATIVE PROCESS......Page 179
JOINT INVESTIGATIONS......Page 182
PERESTROIKA’S IMPACT ON THE INVESTIGATION......Page 183
ORGANIZED CRIME......Page 184
CONCLUSION......Page 187
10 The political functions of the militia......Page 190
THE KGB-MVD RELATIONSHIP AND MILITIA OPERATIONS......Page 191
UNSANCTIONED PUBLIC PROTESTS......Page 193
LABOR UNREST......Page 196
RELIGIOUS ACTIVITY......Page 197
POLITICAL VENDETTAS......Page 198
PERESTROIKA AND THE MILITIA’S POLITICAL FUNCTIONS......Page 199
MILITIA REACTION TO NATIONALISM AND ETHNIC CONFLICT......Page 201
CONCLUSION......Page 203
Conclusion......Page 204
POST-SOVIET POLICING......Page 206
THE POST-SOVIET FUTURE......Page 210
INTERVIEWS WITH FORMER POLICE PERSONNEL......Page 212
THE INTERVIEWS......Page 214
INTERVIEW QUESTIONS......Page 215
INTRODUCTION......Page 222
1 THE SOURCES OF SOVIET POLICING......Page 223
2 THE FORMATION OF THE MILITIA......Page 224
3 THE POST-STALINIST MILITIA......Page 228
4 THE ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT OF SOVIET POLICING......Page 232
5 ALLOCATION, RECRUITMENT AND TRAINING OF MILITIA PERSONNEL......Page 236
6 MILITIA OPERATIONS......Page 241
7 THE MILITIA AND DAILY LIFE......Page 245
8 POLICING THE DEVIANT: SOCIAL WORKERS WITH STICKS......Page 250
9 THE MILITIA AND CRIME CONTROL......Page 255
10 THE POLITICAL FUNCTIONS OF THE MILITIA......Page 260
CONCLUSION......Page 263
RUSSIAN BOOKS......Page 266
NON-RUSSIAN BOOKS......Page 268
JOURNALS......Page 271
Index......Page 272