Born to be Criminal The Discourse on Criminality and the Practice of Punishment in Late Imperial Russia and Early Soviet Union. Interdisciplinary Approaches

»The volume advances our knowledge of Russian and Soviet criminological thinking and practice.« ("Jonathan Daly, Journal of Interdisciplinary History, 50/2 (2019)")
Besprochen in:H-Soz-u-Kult, 29.01.2019, Alexandra OberländerZeitschrift für Geschichtswissenschaft, 7/8 (2020), Björn M. Felder
»A well worth reading anthology that contains exciting articles on little-noticed aspects of crime discourse.« ("Lena Gautam, Jahrbücher für die Geschichte Osteuropas, 9/1_(2019)")
»An important addition to the literature on perceptions of crime and penal policy in Russia and it is sure to spark more research into those subjects.« ("Alison Rowley, The Russian Review, 78/1 (2018)")
»An important addition to the literature on perceptions of crimeand penal policy in Russia and it is sure to spark more research into those subjects.« ("Alison Rowley, The Russian Review, 78/1 (2018)")
»A welworth reading anthology that contains exciting articles on little-noticed aspects of crimediscourse.« ("Lena Gautam, Jahrbücher für die Geschichte Osteuropas, 9/1_(2019)")
»The volume advances our knowledge of Russian and Soviet criminological thinking and practice.« ("Jonathan Daly, Journal of Interdisciplinary History, 50/2 (2019)")

Riccardo Nicolosi (PhD) is professor of Slavic literatures at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich. His latest publications explore the rhetorical and narrative interfaces between literature and science.
Anne Hartmann (PhD) is an assistant researcher und lecturer in the Slavic department at the University of Bochum. In her current research she concentrates on Western intellectuals visiting the Stalinist USSR and on Soviet labour-camp literature.