The book describes research by Fabien Jobard, who developed his theory about the police through the analysis of police violence incidents, supported by interviews with people who experienced these unlawful acts and by matching these testimonies to the discourses of both the press and the French courts. The result was the framework of conditions that could trigger police violence, namely: the criminal purity of the person assaulted, the possibility of the police officer being blamed for the violence, the credibility of the witnesses, and the circumstances of the police service. His genealogic narrative provides a better understanding of the state, the violence (legitimate and illegitimate) and the police.
Police; Police violence; Legal domination.