Resumen

CISNEROS, José Luis. Culture, youth and delinquency in the State of Mexico. Pap. poblac [online]. 2007, vol.13, n.52, pp.255-280. ISSN 2448-7147.

This article has the purpose to state some data and reflections on the social characteristics of the young prisoners of the Centers of Prevention and Social Re-adaptation of the State of Mexico from a sociological perspective. With this information it is not sought to elaborate a typology by means of which the labeling and exclusion of the youths who belong to certain society sectors can be exacerbated; on the contrary, it is only intended to analyze the social, economic and political factors which are related to and condition the social and cultural nature of the juvenile delinquent.

Palabras llave : youths; juvenile delinquent; social condition; social violence; State of Mexico.