2020/06/19 by Elisa Godínez Pérez
Social Sciences · #Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance #Gender, Health, and Social Inequality #Social Issues and Policies in Latin America
paper · doi:10.7440/res73.2020.06
openalex publication_date 2020/06/19 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/31
ABSTRACT In this article, I analyze the experience of a neighborhood group that united to tackle insecurity in Mexico City. I draw on the perspective of the ethnography of the State and, in particular, the “languages of statehood” to examine the phenomenon of self-justice, which beyond being an act of citizen transgression that challenges the State, is an unintended or deliberate consequence of the actions or omissions of government agents, typical of the management of insecurity and violence on the margins of the State.