{"id":4503,"date":"2022-12-08T11:17:55","date_gmt":"2022-12-08T10:17:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/institutrobertbadinter.fr\/fr\/?post_type=publications&p=4503"},"modified":"2026-04-27T13:50:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T11:50:46","slug":"la-motivation-des-peines-correctionnelles","status":"publish","type":"publications","link":"https:\/\/institutrobertbadinter.fr\/fr\/publications\/la-motivation-des-peines-correctionnelles\/","title":{"rendered":"La motivation des peines correctionnelles et criminelles : recherche sur les d\u00e9terminants de la motivation des d\u00e9cisions p\u00e9nales"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Depuis cinq ans en mati\u00e8re correctionnelle, quatre en mati\u00e8re criminelle et contraventionnelle, la motivation des peines est pass\u00e9e du statut d\u2019exigence pr\u00e9torienne, progressivement g\u00e9n\u00e9ralis\u00e9e en 2017\/2018 par le double effet d\u2019une \u00ab r\u00e9volution de palais \u00bb et d\u2019une cons\u00e9cration constitutionnelle, \u00e0 celui d\u2019exigence l\u00e9gale formalis\u00e9e par l\u2019importante loi du 23 mars 2019 qui a pris acte de cette \u00e9volution.

La jurisprudence d\u00e9velopp\u00e9e par la Cour de cassation pour pr\u00e9ciser les crit\u00e8res de la motivation, en fonction du type de peine et de contentieux, ainsi que l\u2019\u00e9tendue de son contr\u00f4le du respect de cette exigence, vise \u00e0 rendre pleinement effective la motivation d\u00e9sormais envisag\u00e9e comme un \u00ab tout \u00bb dont les juridictions de jugement doivent rendre compte. Cette jurisprudence ne permet toutefois pas, \u00e0 elle seule, de s\u2019assurer que la g\u00e9n\u00e9ralisation de l\u2019exigence de motivation se v\u00e9rifie dans la pratique de toutes les juridictions du fond, quelle qu\u2019en soit la taille et la teneur du contentieux qu\u2019elles traitent, en premi\u00e8re instance ou en appel. Plus encore, reste enti\u00e8re la question de savoir si elle peut s\u2019appliquer de la m\u00eame mani\u00e8re \u00e0 toutes les peines.

Or il y a l\u00e0 autant de param\u00e8tres dont seule l\u2019observation, in vivo, de l\u2019exigence de motivation peut rendre compte. Tel a \u00e9t\u00e9 l\u2019enjeu de la pr\u00e9sente recherche, initi\u00e9e en mars 2019 par une \u00e9quipe de chercheurs du CDPC et du CERCOP des Universit\u00e9s de Paris Nanterre et Montpellier sous l\u2019\u00e9gide de la Mission de recherche Droit et Justice, dont l\u2019ambition a \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u2019aborder ces questions en proc\u00e9dant \u00e0 une capture de la pratique judiciaire concomitante de l\u2019\u00e9mergence, puis de l\u2019installation de l\u2019exigence de motivation de la peine en France.

Pour cela, nous avons privil\u00e9gi\u00e9 une approche de sociologie judiciaire reposant, d\u2019une part, sur une analyse de plus de 1 000 jugements et arr\u00eats recueillis aupr\u00e8s de six juridictions. D\u2019autre part, nous avons \u00e9clair\u00e9 le regard sur la pratique de la motivation au moyen de 36 entretiens men\u00e9s avec les professionnels de la justice int\u00e9ress\u00e9s par la motivation des peines.

Notre ambition premi\u00e8re \u00e9tant de r\u00e9aliser une recherche bas\u00e9e sur une analyse quantitative, et non sur une \u00e9tude de cas topiques de la motivation \u00e0 l\u2019\u0153uvre dans les juridictions s\u00e9lectionn\u00e9es, nous avons ainsi entendu proposer une capture de la pratique de la motivation des peines \u00e0 partir de notre propre base de donn\u00e9es issue des d\u00e9cisions de justice collect\u00e9es et d\u2019une s\u00e9rie d\u2019entretiens men\u00e9s aupr\u00e8s des professionnels de la justice exer\u00e7ant aupr\u00e8s de ces juridictions.

Durant trois ans, nous avons ainsi pu mener un travail qui rend compte de la r\u00e9ception, au sein de ces juridictions, de l\u2019exigence de motivation des peines, et de la pratique de la motivation des peines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cette recherche est issue de l’appel \u00e0 projet sur le th\u00e8me : La motivation des peines correctionnelles<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

18.27_synth\u00e8se<\/a>T\u00e9l\u00e9charger<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
18.27_rapport<\/a>T\u00e9l\u00e9charger<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Interview des chercheurs ICI<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

English version below \/ R\u00e9sum\u00e9 en anglais <\/summary>\n

Over the past five years in criminal matters, and four years in serious criminal and minor offences, the reasoning of sentences has evolved from a case-law requirement\u2014gradually generalized in 2017\u20132018 through the combined effect of a \u201cjudicial revolution\u201d and constitutional recognition\u2014into a formal legal requirement established by the major Act of 23 March 2019, which acknowledged and consolidated this development.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The case law developed by the Court of Cassation to clarify the criteria for sentencing reasoning\u2014depending on the type of penalty and type of proceedings\u2014as well as the scope of its review of compliance with this requirement, seeks to make reasoning fully effective. It is now conceived as a comprehensive whole that trial courts must articulate. However, this case law alone does not make it possible to ensure that the generalization of the reasoning requirement is reflected in the practices of all lower courts, regardless of their size or the nature of the cases they handle, whether at first instance or on appeal. Moreover, the question remains open as to whether this requirement can be applied uniformly to all types of penalties.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

These are parameters that can only be fully understood through in vivo observation of sentencing reasoning. This was the central aim of the present research, initiated in March 2019 by a team of researchers from the CDPC and the CERCOP at the Universities of Paris Nanterre and Montpellier, under the auspices of the Mission de recherche Droit et Justice. The project sought to address these issues by capturing judicial practice at the very moment when the requirement to provide reasons for sentences was emerging and becoming established in France.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To this end, we adopted an approach rooted in the sociology of the judiciary. On the one hand, we conducted an analysis of more than 1,000 judgments and rulings collected from six courts. On the other hand, we supplemented this analysis with 36 interviews conducted with justice professionals concerned with sentencing reasoning.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our primary objective was to carry out a study based on quantitative analysis, rather than a series of illustrative case studies of reasoning practices within selected courts. Accordingly, we aimed to provide a \u201csnapshot\u201d of sentencing reasoning practices based on our own database of judicial decisions, combined with interviews conducted with legal professionals working within these courts.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over a three-year period, this work has enabled us to document how the requirement to provide reasons for sentences has been received within these jurisdictions, as well as how it is implemented in practice.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This research stems from a call for projects on the theme:\u00a0The Reasoning of Criminal Sentences.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","disciplines":[],"collections":[119],"publication_tag":[1548,1529,2574,1546,1547],"auteurs":[1552,1553,1579],"class_list":["post-4503","publications","type-publications","status-publish","hentry","collections-rapports-de-recherche","publication_tag-decisions-penales","publication_tag-droit-penal","publication_tag-execution-des-peines","publication_tag-peines-correctionnelles","publication_tag-peines-criminelles","auteurs-anne-ponseille","auteurs-marc-touillier","auteurs-pierre-yves-gahdoun"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nLa motivation des peines correctionnelles et criminelles<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"La motivation des peines correctionnelles et criminelles : recherche sur les d\u00e9terminants de la motivation des d\u00e9cisions p\u00e9nales....\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/institutrobertbadinter.fr\/fr\/publications\/la-motivation-des-peines-correctionnelles\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"La motivation des peines correctionnelles et criminelles\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"La motivation des peines correctionnelles et criminelles : recherche sur les d\u00e9terminants de la motivation des d\u00e9cisions p\u00e9nales....\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/institutrobertbadinter.fr\/fr\/publications\/la-motivation-des-peines-correctionnelles\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"INSTITUT ROBERT BADINTER\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-27T11:50:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/institutrobertbadinter.fr\\\/fr\\\/publications\\\/la-motivation-des-peines-correctionnelles\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/institutrobertbadinter.fr\\\/fr\\\/publications\\\/la-motivation-des-peines-correctionnelles\\\/\",\"name\":\"La motivation des peines correctionnelles et criminelles\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/institutrobertbadinter.fr\\\/fr\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-12-08T10:17:55+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-27T11:50:46+00:00\",\"description\":\"La motivation des peines correctionnelles et criminelles : recherche sur les d\u00e9terminants de la motivation des d\u00e9cisions p\u00e9nales....\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/institutrobertbadinter.fr\\\/fr\\\/publications\\\/la-motivation-des-peines-correctionnelles\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"fr-FR\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/institutrobertbadinter.fr\\\/fr\\\/publications\\\/la-motivation-des-peines-correctionnelles\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/institutrobertbadinter.fr\\\/fr\\\/publications\\\/la-motivation-des-peines-correctionnelles\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Accueil\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/institutrobertbadinter.fr\\\/fr\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Publications\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/institutrobertbadinter.fr\\\/fr\\\/publications\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"la-motivation-des-peines-correctionnelles\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/institutrobertbadinter.fr\\\/fr\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/institutrobertbadinter.fr\\\/fr\\\/\",\"name\":\"INSTITUT ROBERT BADINTER\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/institutrobertbadinter.fr\\\/fr\\\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"IRB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/institutrobertbadinter.fr\\\/fr\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"fr-FR\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/institutrobertbadinter.fr\\\/fr\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"INSTITUT ROBERT BADINTER\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/institutrobertbadinter.fr\\\/fr\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"fr-FR\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/institutrobertbadinter.fr\\\/fr\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ierdj.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\\\/media_library\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/logo-c10014.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ierdj.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\\\/media_library\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/logo-c10014.svg\",\"caption\":\"INSTITUT ROBERT BADINTER\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/institutrobertbadinter.fr\\\/fr\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"La motivation des peines correctionnelles et criminelles","description":"La motivation des peines correctionnelles et criminelles : recherche sur les d\u00e9terminants de la motivation des d\u00e9cisions p\u00e9nales....","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/institutrobertbadinter.fr\/fr\/publications\/la-motivation-des-peines-correctionnelles\/","og_locale":"fr_FR","og_type":"article","og_title":"La motivation des peines correctionnelles et criminelles","og_description":"La motivation des peines correctionnelles et criminelles : recherche sur les d\u00e9terminants de la motivation des d\u00e9cisions p\u00e9nales....","og_url":"https:\/\/institutrobertbadinter.fr\/fr\/publications\/la-motivation-des-peines-correctionnelles\/","og_site_name":"INSTITUT ROBERT BADINTER","article_modified_time":"2026-04-27T11:50:46+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/institutrobertbadinter.fr\/fr\/publications\/la-motivation-des-peines-correctionnelles\/","url":"https:\/\/institutrobertbadinter.fr\/fr\/publications\/la-motivation-des-peines-correctionnelles\/","name":"La motivation des peines correctionnelles et criminelles","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/institutrobertbadinter.fr\/fr\/#website"},"datePublished":"2022-12-08T10:17:55+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-27T11:50:46+00:00","description":"La motivation des peines correctionnelles et criminelles : recherche sur les d\u00e9terminants de la motivation des d\u00e9cisions p\u00e9nales....","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/institutrobertbadinter.fr\/fr\/publications\/la-motivation-des-peines-correctionnelles\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"fr-FR","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/institutrobertbadinter.fr\/fr\/publications\/la-motivation-des-peines-correctionnelles\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/institutrobertbadinter.fr\/fr\/publications\/la-motivation-des-peines-correctionnelles\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Accueil","item":"https:\/\/institutrobertbadinter.fr\/fr\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Publications","item":"https:\/\/institutrobertbadinter.fr\/fr\/publications\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"la-motivation-des-peines-correctionnelles"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/institutrobertbadinter.fr\/fr\/#website","url":"https:\/\/institutrobertbadinter.fr\/fr\/","name":"INSTITUT ROBERT BADINTER","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/institutrobertbadinter.fr\/fr\/#organization"},"alternateName":"IRB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/institutrobertbadinter.fr\/fr\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"fr-FR"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/institutrobertbadinter.fr\/fr\/#organization","name":"INSTITUT ROBERT BADINTER","url":"https:\/\/institutrobertbadinter.fr\/fr\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"fr-FR","@id":"https:\/\/institutrobertbadinter.fr\/fr\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/ierdj.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/media_library\/2025\/06\/logo-c10014.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/ierdj.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/media_library\/2025\/06\/logo-c10014.svg","caption":"INSTITUT ROBERT BADINTER"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/institutrobertbadinter.fr\/fr\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/institutrobertbadinter.fr\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publications\/4503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/institutrobertbadinter.fr\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publications"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/institutrobertbadinter.fr\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/publications"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/institutrobertbadinter.fr\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"disciplines","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/institutrobertbadinter.fr\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/disciplines?post=4503"},{"taxonomy":"collections","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/institutrobertbadinter.fr\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/collections?post=4503"},{"taxonomy":"publication_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/institutrobertbadinter.fr\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication_tag?post=4503"},{"taxonomy":"auteurs","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/institutrobertbadinter.fr\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/auteurs?post=4503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}