This contribution analyses the manner in which the scientific field and the political debate take shape in the field of "violence" and "deviance » in schools in the French-speaking Community of Belgium. After having catalogued the sparse quantitative data available, the article reviews the main research conducted within three disciplines (social psychology, sociology, criminology). Four models of intelligibility of violence in schools have emerged, referring back to different social action and deviance concepts. The last part compares these models to proposals that provide the structure of public action in education (both in terms of the content of decrees and through the experiences recorded in the field).
Verhoeven, M., & Serhadlioglu, E. (2009). School being tested by violence. Intelligibility models, research and pulic action in the French-speaking community in Belgium. International Journal of Violence and School, n/s(10), 35-53. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/180246 (Original work published 2009)