Violence and youth in Mexico. Reflections on the Sinaloa case

Abstract

Violence is a phenomenon that manifests itself in many forms, such as physical, psychological, and structural violence. It is a polysemic notion that should be thought of as a social phenomenon since it is socially produced and recreated in social relations, especially in everyday life or in the way conflicts are resolved, but also because it can be approached as an event, fact, action or occurrence of concern and/or interest to society, violence as an abstract social object refers to a plurality of discourses, knowledge and practices, which allows communication and position-taking with respect to it, always situated within a specific history and culture, with its norms, values and beliefs. The objective of this study is to provide analytical elements that allow a greater understanding of violence in Mexico, specifically in Sinaloa; we start from a descriptive methodology based on the documentary review through the consultation of various bibliographic and newspaper sources with a socio-historical approach, establishing a dialogue towards the culture of violence of Sinaloa.