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Moscow: Izd. Narodnogo Komissariata Vnutrennikh Del RSFSR, 1927. 120 pp.: ill. 23,5x15,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Small stains and some tears of covers, some underlines in bibliographical list, otherwise very good. Signed by the author to the Secretary of the Main Administration of Places of Confinement of the USSR, Maria Ivanovna Tikhomirova. One of 2000 copies. Essays on daily life of the Moscow House of Correction for underage criminals (Mostruddom). Published by the NKVD. The book is written by Jewish lawyer Boris Utevskii (1887-1970). In the pre-revolutionary period, he conducted scientific work on the theory of state and law, criminal law. In 1920, Utevsky was invited to work in the NKVD of the Ukrainian SSR, and he moved to Kyiv. In Kyiv, he got a job as a secretary of the collegium of the People's Commissariat of Justice of the Ukrainian SSR. He participated in the creation of the first Ukrainian Criminal Code. In 1923, he moved to Moscow and began to work as deputy director for… Read More