Death of a Traveller: A Counter-Investigation - Couverture souple

Fassin, Didier

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 150954741X ISBN 13 : 9781509547418

Editeur : Polity Press, 2021

Synopsis

It is a simple story. A 37-year-old man belonging to the Traveller community is shot dead by a special unit of the French police on the family farm where he was hiding since he failed to return to prison after temporary release. The officers claim self-defense. The relatives, present at the scene, contest that claim. A case is opened, and it concludes with a dismissal that is upheld on appeal. Dismayed by these decisions, the family continues the struggle for truth and justice.

Giving each account of the event the same credit, Didier Fassin conducts a counter-investigation, based on the re-examination of all the available details and on the interviews of its protagonists. A critical reflection on the work of police forces, the functioning of the justice system, and the conditions that make such tragedies possible and seldom punished, Death of a Traveller is also an attempt to restore to these marginalized communities what they are usually denied: respectability.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Didier Fassin is the James D. Wolfensohn Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton and a Director of Studies at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales in Paris.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Polity Press
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 150954741X
• ISBN 13: 9781509547418
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 160
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• Personne responsable: non disponible