La representación social del narcotraficante en jóvenes sinaloenses
- Hiram Reyes-Sosa 1
- Maider Larrañaga-Egilegor 1
- José Francisco Valencia-Garate 1
- 1 Universidad del País Vasco. Departamento de Psicología Social y Metodología de las Ciencias del Comportamiento
ISSN: 0188-7408, 2448-4849
Year of publication: 2017
Volume: 29
Issue: 69
Pages: 69-88
Type: Article
More publications in: Región y sociedad
Abstract
The problem of drug trafficking is present in México, and thanks to the drug trafficker’s figure, this phenomenon has become very socially relevant. This study’s objectives were to present a historical outline of drug traffickers at different times, and to know their social representation and assessment among Sinaloense youths. In Culiacan, Sinaloa, men and women participated equally in the study. A free evocation of words questionnaire, with an inducing question, was applied, and the evoc software was used to process the data based on frequency hierarchies and evocation order. Results showed a divergent assessment of drug traffickers, which fluctuates between positive and negative and diverges from the negative images and assessments disseminated by politicians and the media.