%0 Journal Article %T Portrait d¡¯un policier de la brigade anti-criminalit¨¦ dans une cit¨¦ ghetto fran aise Portrait of a policeman of the brigade anti-criminality in a french ¡°city ghetto¡± %A Manuel Boucher %J Champ P¨¦nal %D 2012 %I Champ p¨¦nal %R 10.4000/champpenal.8214 %X Face ¨¤ l¡¯intensit¨¦ des violences lors des ¨¦meutes urbaines de l¡¯automne 2005, pour pr¨¦venir et r¨¦primer d¡¯¨¦ventuels nouveaux d¨¦sordres, l¡¯¨¦tat a d¨¦cid¨¦ de renforcer la pr¨¦sence des forces de l¡¯ordre en capacit¨¦ de se confronter ¨¤ la jeunesse turbulente des quartiers populaires. Des interactions frictionnelles, des rapports paroxystiques et complexes vont alors se d¨¦velopper entre des jeunes figures de d¨¦sordres et des acteurs institu¨¦s et ¨¦mergents d¡¯encadrement des classes populaires, en particulier des policiers charg¨¦s de pacifier les cit¨¦s p¨¦riph¨¦riques ghetto s¨¦es. Dans ce contexte, ¨¤ partir d¡¯une enqu¨ºte ethnographique dans une cit¨¦ s¨¦gr¨¦gu¨¦e, cet article dresse le portrait sociologique d¡¯un policier de la brigade anti-criminalit¨¦ (BAC) de nuit. ¨¤ partir de la description de son travail quotidien, de ses ¨¦preuves et de ses modes d¡¯action, de sa relation ¨¤ la violence, notamment des ¨¦meutes urbaines ainsi que des rapports d¡¯hostilit¨¦ qu¡¯il entretient avec une partie de la population, ce texte montre que l¡¯exp¨¦rience sociale des policiers en confrontation avec des jeunes turbulents est ambivalente puisqu¡¯ils sont ¨¤ la fois traqueurs et victimes . In front of the intensity of the violence during the urban riots of the autumn, 2005, to prevent and repress possible new disorders, the State decided to strengthen the presence of the police in capacity to confront with the ¡°turbulent youth¡± of the popular districts. Frictional interactions, paroxystic and complex reports are then going to develop between young ¡°faces of disorders¡± and established an emergent social actors of lower classes, in particular policemen asked to pacify the inner cities. In this context, from an ethnographical investigation in a segregated city, this article paints the sociological portrait of a policeman of the brigade anti-criminality (BAC). From the description of his daily work, his tests and his modes of action, his relation with the violence, in particular urban riots as well as reports of hostility which he maintains with a part of the population. This text shows that the social experience of the policemen in confrontation with ¡°turbulent young people¡± is ambivalent because they are at the same time trackers and victims. %K policing %K law and order %K violence %K anti-crime brigade %K riots %K disadvantaged urban areas %K police work %K s¨¦curit¨¦ publique %K brigades anti-criminalit¨¦ %K quartiers sensibles %K ¨¦meutes urbaines %K travail policier %K violences %K France %K XXIe s. %U http://champpenal.revues.org/8214