Judging Mohammed : juvenile delinquency, immigration, and exclusion at the Paris Palace of Justice / Susan J. Terrio.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Terrio, Susan J. (Susan Jane), 1950-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children of immigrants--France--Paris.

Children of immigrants.

Juvenile courts--France--Paris.

Juvenile courts.

Juvenile delinquency--France--Paris.

Juvenile delinquency.

Juvenile justice, Administration of--France--Paris.

Juvenile justice, Administration of.

Minority youth--France--Paris.

Minority youth.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (572 p.)

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In October 2005, three weeks of rioting erupted in France following the accidental deaths of two French boys of North African ancestry. Killed while fleeing the police, these boys were deemed dangerous based largely on their immigrant origins. In France, disadvantaged children of immigrant and foreign ancestry represent the vast majority of formal suspects and have increasingly been portrayed as a threat to public safety and as the embodiment of the assault on French values. Despite official rhetoric of protection, Judging Mohammed reveals how the treatment of these children in the juvenile courts system undermines legal guarantees of equality and due process and reinforces existing hierarchies. Based on five years of extensive research in the largest and most influential juvenile court in France, this work follows young people inside the system, from arrest to court trials. Revealing an alarming turn toward accountability, restitution, and retribution, this groundbreaking study uncovers the disquieting reasons behind France's shifting approaches to the identification, treatment, and representation of its delinquent youth.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

PROLOGUE

1. ARE THEY ALL DELINQUENTS?

2. THE FRENCH CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM

3. NEW SAVAGES IN THE CITY? HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORARY REPRESENTATIONS OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY

4. JUSTICE FOR MINORS: A MINOR JUSTICE?

5. GETTING ARRESTED AND GOING TO COURT

6. RENDERING JUSTICE IN CHAMBERS

7. JUDGING DELINQUENTS IN THE JUVENILE COURT

8. NEW BARBARIANS AT THE GATES OF PARIS? THE PROBLEM OF UNDOCUMENTED MINORS

9. CONCLUSION

NOTES

REFERENCES

INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jul 2020)

ISBN:

9780804771030

0804771030

OCLC:

793166867