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VARGAS HERNANDEZ, Brayant Armando. Why High Levels of First-Degree Murder Exist in Mexico City Mayoralties? A Configurational Approximation Based in the Theory of Social Disorganization. Sociológica (Méx.) [online]. 2021, vol.36, n.102, pp.187-226.  Epub 13-Set-2021. ISSN 2007-8358.

This article contributes empirical evidence about the causal configurations derived from the theory of social disorganization linked to the high levels of first-degree murder in Mexico City mayoralties. The methodology consists of a compared qualitative analysis using the crisp-set (csQCA) technique. The results show, on the one hand, that conditions do not individually necessarily exist to explain the outcome, and, on the other hand, that social disorganization theory make it possible to explain the cases of the Iztapalapa and Gustavo A. Madero mayoralties. Thus, the author concludes that each Mexico City mayoralty has distinct problems, which means that they all require differentiated policies to fight the high levels of lethal violence.

Palavras-chave : first-degree murder; Mexico City; social disorganization; necessary conditions; causal configurations.