Activités

Mon intervention portait sur le thème: Sécurité 2.0. Les présentations faites lors de la conférence sont disponibles en vidéo ici. Randy Lippert, Professeur de criminologie, Université de WindsorUrban Security at a Distance or from Below?: Probing the Role of Private Urban Governance and Legality in Three CitiesPrevious research on policing and physical security in cities that invokes ‘neo-’ or ‘advanced’ liberalism to explain new developments presumes urban security increasingly operates via private agents and auspices ‘at a distance’ from the state. Correspondingly, where it is not making possible brute coercion on behalf of private interests, law is primarily seen to perform the role of ‘enabling’ the movement of responsibility for physical security from public to private domains. This is exemplified in the privately-governed downtown consumption zones and new residential developments with sizeable common spaces made possible by provincial statutes and which have witnessed the introduction of privately-funded CCTV programs, enhanced private security patrols, and related aspects. These forms are typically presumed to serve a risk management function. Based on research in progress that is exploring the role of business improvement areas, condominium corporations, and mundane forms of legality in relation to changing security arrangements in three cities, I discuss some features of a more complex and contradictory picture of urban security that is emerging. In light of this, I consider the question of whether these arrangements exemplify urban governance ‘at a distance’ or urban governance ‘from below’, as well as the implications for a nodal governance perspective.Lundi 26 mars 2007; 11h45 à 13h00CICC, 3150, rue Jean-Brillant, local C-4141 Bernard Harcourt, Professeur de droit, Université de ChicagoAgainst prediction: Profiling, policing and punishing in an actuarial ageThe use of actuarial methods has become common in the field of crime and punishment. From parole prediction to sentencing sex offenders to searching suspects in airports, law enforcement agencies rely increasingly on actuarial instruments. With the exception of racial profiling, most embrace the turn to prediction. In his talk, Professor Bernard Harcourt will challenge this growing reliance on actuarial approaches and, in place of the actuarial, will propose instead a turn to randomization in punishment and policing.Lundi 12 février 2007; 16h00 à 17h30CICC, 3150, rue Jean-Brillant, local C-4141