In dialogue: Tarnovskaia and Tolstoi

• In Event: Tarnovskaia (AKA Tarnowsky): Sharing, Extending, and Analyzing her influence on the development of Criminology

Abstract

This presentation will focus on the women’s case studies in Tarnovskaia’s studies of prostitutes and thieves and then extend her work by exploring Tolstoi's novel Resurrection (1899). Tolstoi criticizes Lombroso’s science, although the heroine is like the women described in Tarnovskaia’s case studies of prostitutes. Both Tolstoi and Tarnovskaia were advocating for reform and better living conditions for the poor, not further regulation of prostitution by the State.

Author

• Frederick H. White, Utah Valley University