At the heart of the state : the moral world of institutions/

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Uniform title:Juger, réprimer, accompagner. English
Edition:First English language edition.
Imprint:London : Pluto Press, 2015.
Description:xi, 288 pages ; 24 cm
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10987262
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Other authors / contributors:Fassin, Didier, author.
Brown, Patrick, translator.
Bouagga, Yasmine, author.
ISBN:9780745335599
0745335594
9780745335605
0745335608
Notes:Translated from French.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Series Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Can States be Moral? Preface to the English Edition
  • Introduction: Governing Precarity
  • Part 1. Judging
  • 1. The Right to Punish: Assessing Sentences in Immediate Appearance Trials
  • 2. Justice for Immigrants: The Work of Magistrates in Deportation Proceedings
  • 3. In Search of Truth: How Asylum Applications Are Adjudicated
  • Part 2. Repressing
  • 4. Maintaining Order: The Moral Justifications for Police Practices
  • 5. Sanctioning Behind Bars: The Humanization of Retribution in Prison
  • 6. Assisting or Controlling? When Social Workers Become Probation Officers
  • Part 3. Supporting
  • 7. Discipline and Educate: Contradictions Within the Juvenile Justice System
  • 8. Listening to Suffering: The Treatment of Mental Fragility at a Home for Adolescents
  • 9. Profiling Job Seekers: The Counseling of Youths at an Employment Center
  • Conclusion: Raisons dÆÉtat
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • List of Contributors
  • Index