Противодействие уголовной преступности в Пермской губернии в 1917–1922 годах

Abstract

The problem of countering criminal offence in the period of global social cataclysm: revolution of 1917, civil war, economic devastation and mass starvation in Russia in 1917–1922 has been described in the article. The author examines this problem by the example of Perm province using archival materials, some of which are introduced into scientific circulation for the first time. Difficulties with the source base of research on this problem seem to be significant, but surmountable. Objective conditions for the growth of criminal offence in crisis situations arose more than once later in Russia (the Great Patriotic War, radical reforms of the 1990s). Counteraction to this dangerous phenomenon by the newly formed law enforcement agencies in post-revolutionary Russia gradually formed stable practices. At the same time, the study suggests that both the nature of criminal offence and the practices of countering it at that time had an impact on society even after the crisis. The relevance of the article is due to the fact that crime is characteristic of every social formation, and counteracting it is an important task of society at all stages of development. On the base of historical documents, the author aims to show the dependence of the level of crime on a combination of objective factors and their determining influence on law enforcement practices in a crisis. Using source analysis as a method, the author characterized the specifics of criminal offense in the designated period and identified ways to counteract it by law enforcement agencies.