Bolshevik Sexual ForensicsIn an effort to modernize criminal and civil investigations, early Bolsheviks gave forensic doctorsmost of whom had been trained under the tsarist regimenew authority over issues of sexuality. Revolutionaries believed that forensic medicine could provide scientific and objective solutions to sexual disorder in the new society. Bolshevik Sexual Forensics explores the institutional history of Russian and Soviet forensic medicine and examines the effects