Peter H. Solomon

Professor Emeritus

Campus

Areas of Interest

  • Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics
  • Politics of Criminal Justice in Various Countries

Biography

Author of Soviet Criminologists and Criminal Policy (1978); Criminal Justice Policy, From Research to Reform (1983); Soviet Criminal Justice under Stalin (1996); co-author of Courts and Transition in Russia: The Challenge of Judicial Reform (2000); and editor of Reforming Justice in Russia, 1864-1996 (1997). His current research includes (1) judicial and legal reform in contemporary Russia and Ukraine; (2) courts, law and politics in authoritarian and transitional regimes; and (3) criminal policy in post-communist states.

Education

BA, Harvard University
MA, Columbia University
PhD, Columbia University

Publications