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Crime, Law, and Justice in post-Soviet Russia

Friday, February 13, 2004
9:00-5:45pm
Ticknor Lounge, Boylston Hall, Harvard Yard
(directions available at: http://map.harvard.edu)

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9:00 - 11:00
Panel I: Crime

Dr. Natalia Gavrilova
(Center on Aging, University of Chicago),
"Patterns of violent crime in Russia"

Dr. Janet Elise Johnson (Dept. of Political Science, Brooklyn College) "Violence against women in Russia"

Dr. Louise Shelley and Dr. Robert Orttung (Transnational Crime and Corruption Center, American University), "Russia's efforts to combat human trafficking: Efficient crime groups versus irresolute societies and uncoordinated states"

Dr. Letizia Paoli (Dept. of Criminology, Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law ), "The ugly side of capitalism and democracy: The development of illegal drug markets in post-Soviet Russia"

1:15 - 3:15
Panel II: Law


Dr. Janine R. Wedel
(Department of Public Policy, George Mason University), "Flex organizations and the clan state: Perspectives on crime and corruption in the new Russia"

Dr. Peter H. Solomon, Jr. (Center for Russian and East European Studies, University of Toronto), "The Criminal Procedure Code of 2001: Will it make Russian justice more fair?"

Dr. Linda J. Cook (Department of Political Science, Brown University, and current Davis Center Senior Fellow) "Russian political parties, the Duma, and the welfare state"

Dr. William Butler (University College London), "Injecting drug use and HIV: Harm reduction programs and the Russian legal system"

3:45 - 5:45
Panel III: Justice

Dr. Adrian Beck and Dr. Annette Robinson (Department of Criminology, University of Leicester) "Policing in post-Soviet Russia"

Olga Schwartz

(Russian Foundation for Judicial Reform, Moscow) "The creation of an independent judiciary and the changing role and nature of courts and the courtroom"

Dr. Daniel Rodeheaver (Department of Sociology, University of North Texas) and Dr. James Williams (Department of Sociology, Texas Women's University) "Juvenile crime and juvenile justice in post-Soviet Russia"

Dr. Roy King (Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Wales) and Dr. Laura Piacentini (Department of Criminology, University of Stirling), "The Russian prison system during the transition"

 

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