René Lévy

A crise do sistema policial francês hoje da inserção local aos riscos europeus

O autor trata da crise do sistema policial frances, referindo-se as diferencas de atuacao da Policia Nacional e da Guarda Nacional e definindo as areas de atuacao de cada uma delas. Dentro do contexto da unificacao europeia, o autor mostra o crescimento dos servicos de seguranca privada e os limites/concorrencias entre estes e o sistemas mantidos pelo governo. Demonstra, tambem, que as especificidades do momento presente (narcotrafico, terrorismo) exigem da acao policial meios especificos, sem, contudo, descuidar da seguranca civil cotidiana.

Crisis in American criminal policy

During the preparation of this issue, which compares developments in crime and criminal justice in the US and Europe, a letter of Christian Pfeiffer to General Attorney Janet Reno came across our desk. The letter (dated t994) can be seen as a criminological informed cri de coeur about American criminal policy. Although the author is fully responsible for style and contents of the letter, this voice of worry can be heard at other places and in other occasions. After ample discussion the editorial committee decided to publish the letter, if we could trigger comments on it from other criminal justice experts. This was the case. We are very happy to publish the letter together with five comments from American and European colleagues. In this way we hope to stimulate discussion and communicat ion on preferred directions and solutions in criminal justice policy, which is in coherence with our editorial aims.

Polizei, Justiz und rassistische Diskriminierungen in Frankreich

Behandelt die franzosische Polizei alle Personen, die ihrem Zugriff unterliegen, gleich, auch wenn diese verschiedener Herkunft sind? Praktiziert die Strafjustiz gegenuber Menschen verschiedener Herkunft, die ihrer Gerichtsbarkeit unterworfen sind (Opfer, Beschuldigte und Verurteilte), einen diskriminierungsfreien Umgang?