The sociologist Laurent Mucchielli deciphers the political statements relating to the evolution of delinquency and reveals the mode of production of official figures. This methodological deconstruction of security discourse implies a scientific reconstruction of the social perception of phenomena of violence.
Laurent Mucchielli is a sociologist and historian by training. Director of research at Cnrshe works at Thesedip (Center for Sociological Research on Law and Criminal Institutions) of which he was the director for 6 years (2004-2009).
Summary of questions:
- What is the reality of delinquency figures from a sociological point of view ?
- Are the offenders more and more young and more violent ?
- How do you produce delinquency figures ?
- Do we observe an evolution in the responses given to delinquency ?
- Can we speak of a tension between the police and part of the population ?
- What is the Claris network and what is its vocation in the public debate ?
- How to reconstruct an analysis of delinquency ?
- Why refuse this debate on national identity ?