{"product_id":"death-of-a-traveller-a-counter-investigation-hardback-9781509547401","title":"Death of a Traveller; A Counter Investigation (Hardback) 9781509547401","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDeath of a Traveller\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Counter Investigation\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDidier Fassin (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509547401, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 14 May 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e160 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.8 x 14.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.318 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Fassin, a sociologist and anthropologist, aims to supplement the approaches of activists and of the justice system in confronting police violence, and scrutinizes the evidence with an emphasis on its socioeconomic context. To do otherwise, he argues, impedes both truth and human dignity.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“In seeking to do justice to yet another young life, another racialized suspect, snuffed out in the name of public order, Fassin provides a stunning indictment of a new moral economy: a culture of institutional duplicity that allows police to get away with murder.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJean Comaroff, Harvard University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“How can an account of a controversial killing do justice to it sociologically and according to the laws of the land, and at the same time politically and humanely? This is the multifaceted conundrum addressed by this beautifully written and meticulously crafted book. A riveting must-read for all those concerned by the broader meaning of death at the hands of the police, in France and in other countries.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDame Caroline Humphrey, University of Cambridge\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a simple story. A 37-year-old man belonging to the Traveller community is shot dead by a special unit of the French police on the family farm where he was hiding since he failed to return to prison after temporary release. The officers claim self-defense. The relatives, present at the scene, contest that claim. A case is opened, and it concludes with a dismissal that is upheld on appeal. Dismayed by these decisions, the family continues the struggle for truth and justice.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGiving each account of the event the same credit, Didier Fassin conducts a counter-investigation, based on the re-examination of all the available details and on the interviews of its protagonists. A critical reflection on the work of police forces, the functioning of the justice system, and the conditions that make such tragedies possible and seldom punished, \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eDeath of a Traveller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is also an attempt to restore to these marginalized communities what they are usually denied: respectability.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A Simple Story. Preface to the English Edition\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Terminological Note\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Preamble\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Prologue\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e I. The Father\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e II. The First Officer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e III. The Mother\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e IV. The Second Officer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e V. The Doctor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e VI. The Sister\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e VII. The Prosecutor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e VIII. The Journalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e IX. Dignity\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e X. Campaign\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e XI. Mourning\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e XII. Biography\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e XIII. Investigation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e XIV. Dismissal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e XV. Truth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e XVI. Lies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e XVII. Reconstruction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e XVIII. 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