NCJ Number
131228
Date Published
Unknown
Length
20 pages
Annotation
A resolution adopted by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) in 1977 stressed the need for extensive organizational, political, and educational work to strengthen law and order and identified the importance of government entities in crime prevention.
Abstract
The CPSU defines the general strategy and direction of law enforcement, while regional deputies and executive committees organize and coordinate the implementation of crime prevention measures in territories within their jurisdiction. The Soviet Union has 298,000 voluntary public order squads, 149,000 councils for crime prevention in work collectives, 40,000 councils for preserving law and order, and numerous other public bodies involved in law enforcement. In the Soviet Union where the economic foundation of the State is based on the notion of socialist property, special attention is paid to crime prevention on these forms of property. The Soviet Council of Ministers, in cooperation with the Ministry of Internal Affairs, has directed that the All-Union Research Institute study criminal cases involving State property and monetary theft and examine the extent to which gold and funds are misappropriated. The Institute is also investigating criminal methods in various sectors of the national economy. The Soviet Union is additionally concerned with crime prevention in prisons and motor vehicle theft. An appendix provides supplemental information on steps being taken to prevent crime in the Soviet Union.