Mobster gravestones in 1990s Russia

The luxurious cult of memory at Russian mobster gravesites represents both a break with past tradition and also a valuable insight into the country's criminal cultures – both Christian and Moslem. Drawing primarily from first-hand exploration of mobster gravesites in Moscow and Ekaterinburg, this article considers the way the cemetery is now used as a medium through which to glorify those who have prospered in the cutthroat economy of Russia of the 1990s and then became its victims, as well as the new iconography at work, and its wider implications.     

首要分子与主犯关系新论

笔者在考察首要分子与主犯的关系所赖以建立的基础之上 ,认为集团犯罪的首要分子并非都是主犯 ,而聚众犯罪的首要分子则一定不是主犯。     

我国黑社会犯罪刑事立法的反思与完善

当前,我国已初步形成了以刑法典第294条和其他关联条款为主体,以刑法修正案和相关法律解释等法律文件为补充的黑社会犯罪刑法惩治体系,人们对黑社会犯罪的认识正在不断深化,犯罪形势、刑事立法和刑事司法相互影响也日渐增强.然而,由于规范与事实间存在的固有间隙,我国黑社会犯罪立法在观念上还存在较多问题与缺陷.若有效地与黑社会犯罪作斗争,必须从我国实际情况出发,根据黑社会犯罪的演变过程与实际的发展形态来完善惩治黑社会犯罪的刑法体系.     

Before the Bombs There Were the Mobs: American Experiences with Terror 1

Terrorist studies rarely discuss activities before the invention of dynamite, which made modern terror possible. One important, interesting, and forgotten form is the mob terror campaign. Two significant successful American examples are examined and compared, “The Sons of Liberty” which ignited the American Revolution, and the Ku Klux Klan, which “won the peace” the South wanted after it lost the Civil War. The study concludes by briefly comparing modern with mob terror.     

“快闪”：潜在的群体性事件

＂快闪＂是近几年新兴起的一种社会现象,它通过互联网的无国界传播,如风暴一般迅速席卷了全球并已在我国登陆。针对不同类型要有不同的解决方案。对这种可能转化为群体性事件的社会动员力,有必要提高警惕、积极应对,我们应当在法律的框架下对其进行合理疏导,防止其最终转化为群体性事件。     

浅论新时期群体性事件发生原因及处置机制

当前,我国群体性事件进入高发期,较为严重地影响了社会稳定及社会生活的正常秩序。各级政府必须在认真分析诱发群体性事件的原因基础上,重视处置策略,建立处置机制,采取有效措施,及时、妥善地处理好群体性突发事件。     

近年来我国对黑恶势力违法犯罪的打击与惩治研究

黑恶势力犯罪是具有特定内涵的社会危害性较大的特殊类型犯罪。近年来，随着全国范围内两次打黑除恶专项斗争的深入开展，如何系统深入地治理社会黑恶势力，成为考验和提升党和国家社会治理能力的重要内容。该类犯罪难以根治的社会原因是多方面的，其社会治理也应该坚持综合治理、多措并举的原则。