Les statistiques criminelles belges du XIXe siècle : du crime au criminel. De la société à l'individu. Le chiffre au service de l'Etat
In: Déviance et société, Band 21, Heft 3, S. 223-249
After the diffusion of the « Compte général de l'administration de la justice » in France and before its declaration of indépendance (1830), Belgium creates a statistical record of the administration of justice. During the 19 th century, the publication of criminal statistics has a chaotic development in relation to the series of annual French accounts. It seems to be subjected to the influence of concerns of different environments which take part in its realization. In the perspectives of a history of representations, the study of misadventures of Belgian criminal statistics shows us the evolution of the sight of authorities about the Belgian judicial structure and the crime. We will study in this way the Belgian criminal statistics not as the reflect of the activity of Justice or crime but as the reflect of the worries of a society towards the efficiency of its judicial system.