Laurent Mucchielli - "Have acts of violence really increased in France in recent months?

20minutes.fr, 26 August 2020
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Following the media coverage of a number of assaults and other incidents, elected representatives on the right have taken up the issue of insecurity, denouncing an increase in violence in the country and laxity on the part of the executive.
"The health crisis of recent months, and in particular the increasing requirement to wear masks, has created a climate of tension and raised the spectre of violence", explains Olivier Hassid, a security consultant.
According to Laurent Mucchielli, a sociologist specialising in security issues and urban violence, "the idea that insecurity is on the rise is nothing more than a media and political construct".