TY - BOOK ID - 2969143 TI - The Russian mafia : private protection in a new market economy PY - 2001 SN - 0199279497 9780199279494 1282052969 9786612052965 0191522848 PB - Oxford, England ; New York : Oxford University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Organized crime KW - Transnational crime KW - Prevention. KW - Russia (Federation) KW - Prevention KW - Economic conditions KW - Multinational crime KW - Transborder crime KW - Crime KW - Crime syndicates KW - Organised crime UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:2969143 AB - What is the Russian Mafia? This unique book thoroughly researches this question and challenges widely-held views. The author charts the emergence of the Russian Mafia in the context of the transition to the market, the privatization of protection and pervasive corruption. The ability of the Russian State to define property rights and protect contracts is compared to the services offered by fragments of the state apparatus, private security firms, ethnic crime groups, the Cossacksand the Mafia. Past criminal traditions, rituals and norms have been resuscitated by the Mafia of today to forge a p ER -