A Chair of Criminology at the French National Council of Universities: State Driven Criminology, Threat Centred Approaches, and the Lack of Academic Credibility

Fournier, Knut

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A Chair of Criminology at the French National Council of Universities: State Driven Criminology, Threat Centred Approaches, and the Lack of Academic Credibility

Knut Fournier

University of London - King's College London; Shanghai Jiaotong University, KoGuan Law School; Leiden University - Leiden Law School

May 10, 2012

International State Crime Initiative Working Paper Series No. 2012-01

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The recent introduction of criminology in France is politically motivated and state-driven. It follows the principles dictated by Alain Bauer, former security advisor of President Nicolas Sarkozy, who both favor research on criminality only to arrest criminals. Their vision of criminology is designed to address urban criminality and blue collar crime, while failing to recognize crimes perpetrated by the powerful and the companies.

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Keywords: Criminology, State Crime, White Collar Crime, State-Corporate Crime, Legal Education, Universities, Biaised research

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Date posted: May 10, 2012 ; Last revised: May 12, 2012

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Fournier, Knut, A Chair of Criminology at the French National Council of Universities: State Driven Criminology, Threat Centred Approaches, and the Lack of Academic Credibility (May 10, 2012). International State Crime Initiative Working Paper Series No. 2012-01 . Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2055772 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2055772

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Knut Fournier (Contact Author) University of London - King's College London ( email ) Strand London, England WC2R 2LS United Kingdom
Shanghai Jiaotong University, KoGuan Law School ( email ) 800 Dongchuan Rd., Minhang District Shanghai, Shanghai 200240 China
Leiden University - Leiden Law School ( email ) P.O. Box 9520 2300 RA Leiden, NL-2300RA Netherlands

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A Chair of Criminology at the French National Council of Universities: State Driven Criminology, Threat Centred Approaches, and the Lack of Academic Credibility

Knut Fournier

Date posted: May 10, 2012 ; Last revised: May 12, 2012

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Knut Fournier (Contact Author)