Communist Ideology, Law and Crime : A Comparative View of the Ussr and Poland

Front Matter....Pages i-xv Front Matter....Pages xvii-xvii The State and Law in the Soviet Union....Pages 1-25 The State and Law in Poland....Pages 26-56 The State and Popular Justice in the Soviet Union and Poland....Pages 57-77 Law, Ideology and Economy: The Case of Anti-Parasite Laws....Pages 78-104 Prisons, Politics and the Economy: the Ultimate Relationship....Pages 105-143 Front Matter....Pages 145-145 Crimes of the Political Elite: ‘Red-Collar Crime’1....Pages 147-166 Crimes of the Functionaries: Bribery, Extortion and Favouritism....Pages 167-180 Crimes of Managers and Entrepreneurs: Economic Crimes....Pages 181-204 Crimes of Workers and Peasants: Pilfering, Stealing and Dealing and ‘Free-Unionizing’....Pages 205-220 Crimes of Women: Offences Against the New Ethics....Pages 221-248 Crimes of ‘True Criminals’ and Deviance of ‘True Deviants’: Conventional Crime and Deviance....Pages 249-291 Front Matter....Pages 293-293 Conclusion....Pages 295-306 Back Matter....Pages 307-353