Citation

Mucchielli L. Br. J. Criminol. 2010; 50(5): 808-829.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, Publisher Oxford University Press)

DOI

10.1093/bjc/azq020

PMID

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Abstract

This text suggests a general sociological model to interpret the development of violent behaviours in interpersonal relationships, based on the French case. An original synthesis of various types of data is used: police and judicial statistics, victimization and self-reported surveys, demographic and socio-economic data. The model links together five processes at work in French society: a societal process of pacification, a political and legal process of criminalization, a process of judiciarization of everyday life conflicts, a socio-economic process of competition for consumer goods, and a process of economic, social and spatial segregation. This model also attempts to link many theoretical contributions that have shaped the history of sociology and criminology.