Mexicos Drug-Related Violence

This book explores and explains how traditional and alternative media have framed the issues of gun trafficking into Mexico, drug related violence, and spillover violence. It reveals how gun trafficking and drug related violence are social problems for Mexico.

Autorentext

Omar Camarillo is an Associate Professor of Criminal Justice and Sociology at Eastern New Mexico University. He earned his PhD in Sociology, with a major emphasis in Crime, Law, and Deviance and a minor emphasis in Sociology of Culture from Texas A&M University. His research interests include drug trafficking organizations, gun trafficking, drug trafficking, human trafficking, drug-related violence, spillover violence, gangs, media and crime, deviance, critical criminology, war crimes, and popular culture.

Inhalt

1 Introduction

2 Media and Sociological Theory: Framing, Agenda Setting, and Cultivation Theory

3 From Social Phenomenon to Social Problem: The Obama Administration

4 Spillover Violence, the Coming Invasion: A Moral Panic

5 Social Problems and Moral Panics During the Trump Administration

6 Conclusion

Epilogue