The limited and delayed implementation of public policies to combat school violence in Mexico

Authors

  • Raúl Mercado Pérez Universidad de Guadalajara

Keywords:

Bullying., Public policies, Violence.

Abstract

In our country, it has been recently increasing violent relationships in our society and in schools has been more frequent and intense. There have been many factors that have motivated them, with the most important being the family crisis of care and values, the economic impoverishment of the population, the diffusion of violent environments by the media, high competition environments, among many others . The State should be responsible for caring and fostering good relations among members of society, but instead has neglected multiple areas of attention, motivating to arise and increase this problem, implementing programs in a limited and delayed manner. Well developed public policies would be the option to combat this event. Some fields of intervention are proposed.

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Published

2026-03-18

How to Cite

Mercado Pérez, R. (2026). The limited and delayed implementation of public policies to combat school violence in Mexico. Sincronía, 22(73), 430–446. Retrieved from https://revistasincronia.cucsh.udg.mx/index.php/sincronia/article/view/1091

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