Deadly violence between youth gangs: a new phenomenon aggravated by social networks?

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Aymane, a young boxer with a promising future, was killed on February 26, 2021 while inside the Nelson Mandela neighborhood house, in Bondy, in the Paris region.

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By: Philippe Lecaplain

31 min

Brawls between young people have grieved the Paris region recently.

The day before yesterday (March 17, 2021) in the press, a petition was signed by a hundred actors in education, justice and social action.

The Minister of the Interior sent a note to all the prefects of France asking them to “reactivate the plan to fight gangs”.

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Are we witnessing here a new phenomenon or a resurgence of what used to be called black jackets?

Is there a political-media frenzy?

How to handle this situation?

With our guests: 

- Nadir Kahia,

 president of the Banlieue Plus association and our neighborhoods

- Thomas Sauvadet

, sociologist specializing in gangs, teacher-researcher at the University of Paris Est Créteil 

- Alain Bauer,

 professor of Criminology at the National Conservatory of Arts and Crafts. 

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