Russian Federation
UDK 343.81 Места лишения свободы (тюрьмы, исправительные дома,воспитательные трудовые колонии)
The article examines the historical aspects of the content of the phenomenon of the convict community of places of deprivation of liberty in Russia of the XIX – early XX century, gives a psychological and criminological characteristic of its leaders belonging to the category of professional criminals - "vagabonds". The author concluded that the leaders of the convict community of the XIX – early XX century. they were the prototype of modern "thieves in law". The revised article will be published with the written permission of the Internet site "Blog - Servitutis.Ru " from October 21 , 2022 Link to the original version of the article – http://www.blog.servitutis.ru/?p=1146.
convict community, "vagrants", "thieves in law", "ivans", penal servitude, places of imprisonment, convicts, professional criminals, prison, criminals
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