Abstract

RAMIREZ-DE-GARAY, Luis David. Profiles and criminal trajectories in prison. A research agenda. Estud. sociol [online]. 2017, vol.35, n.105, pp.677-690. ISSN 2448-6442.  https://doi.org/10.24201/es.2017v35n105.1609.

Prisons are a black box in the Mexican justice system. The systemic lack of transparency and public information has derived in an absence of reliable statistical information and academic research. A key element to throw some light around prisons is the study of the trajectories and social paths followed by inmates previous to incarceration. In criminology, the Life-Course Perspective (LCP) offers a wide array of theoretical and methodological resources to study these aspects of incarcerated population. This note shows how the LCP is useful to study these characteristics for two subgroups: young offenders and adult recidivists. At the same time, we use the opportunity to present a new line of research and its more recent research project: "Criminal profiles and trajectories to prison".

Keywords : criminal trajectories; young offenders; adult recidivists; life-course; prison.

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