Abstracts
Résumé
Le sociologue américain Alex S. Vitale s’est affairé, tant dans sa production universitaire que dans son engagement militant, à documenter l’évolution des rapports entre le système de justice pénale et la politique. Il a noté une tendance de plus en plus marquée, du côté des gouvernements américains, à concevoir les problèmes sociaux comme devant être réglés par la police, les cours de justice et les centres de détention. Ce tournant punitif prend de nombreuses formes, de la criminalisation des communautés racisées et des personnes de confession musulmane jusqu’à l’expansion des forces policières et de leurs prérogatives, en passant par une répression de plus en plus sévère des individus sans statut de citoyenneté aux États-Unis. Notre entretien avec Vitale vise à présenter ses travaux, tout en mettant en lumière les tensions entre la police, la justice sociale et la démocratie.
Mots-clés :
- police,
- démocratie,
- inégalités,
- mouvements sociaux,
- guerre contre la drogue
Abstract
The American sociologist Alex S. Vitale has worked, both through his academic production and his activist involvement, on the evolution of relationships between the criminal justice system and politics. He has noted American governments’ increasing tendency to apprehend social problems as issues that should be resolved through criminal justice intervention, whether it be the police, the courts or detention centres. This punitive turn takes many forms, from the criminalization of racialized communities and people of Muslim faith to the expansion of police forces and their prerogatives, as well as an increasingly severe repression of individuals without citizenship status in the United States. Our interview with Vitale aims to present his work, while highlighting the tensions between the police, social justice and democracy.
Keywords:
- police,
- democracy,
- inequality,
- social movements,
- war on drugs
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