| ID | 078973 |
| Title Proper | Threat of the thief |
| Other Title Information | who has normative influence in Georgian society |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Slade, Gavin |
| Publication | 2007. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This piece gives an account of the Georgian government's recent attempts to crackdown on the institution of thieves-in-law [vory-v-zakone] within Georgian society. The events surrounding the problematisation of the thieves-in-law are examined and different answers are offered to the underlying question of the article: what threat does this subversive group pose to the government? It is argued that the vory do not represent a potential criminal revolution but are victims of a resurgent state producing a politics of law that seeks to stamp out subverting influences within society. The thieves' world represents an alternative moral order which is attractive in a country which suffers from acute alienated statehood. Thus the fight against the vory should be understood as a battle to win back the hearts of the Georgian people for the state and for the law. |
| `In' analytical Note | Global Crime Vol. 8, No.2; May 2007: p172-179 |
| Journal Source | Global Crime Vol. 8, No.2; May 2007: p172-179 |
| Key Words | Thieves-in-Law ; Georgia ; Prison Riots ; Securitization ; Politics of Law |