Homicide in the Russian Empire and Soviet Union

With the collapse of Communism, statistics relating to previously ‘taboo’ phenomena such as homicide became available in the Soviet Union for the first time in over 50 years. The current study builds on several recent studies of homicide in Russia by extending both its time-frame and geographical coverage. Taking data from the end of the tsarist (1910) and Communist (1989) periods, the study maps the changes that occurred in the geographical distribution of homicide rates in ‘European Russia’ across the Soviet years. While non-Russian areas tended to remain or become less violent, Russia became more violent. These differences may have had a cultural component underlying them which was further exacerbated by the role of the state in the Soviet period.

Criminology · Economic history · Empire · Homicide · Medical emergency · Poison control · Political science · Soviet union · Suicide prevention · Classics · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · History · Law · Medicine · Psychology · Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses

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