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ABSTRACT:
This paper gives an overview of four phases in the social construction of crime and criminality in Mexico since the Independence era. It argues that these phases follow a pattern in which a criminal justice paradigm is gradually consolidated and eventually superseded. It then examines some of the problems with a paradigm-driven periodization.

SUGGESTED CITATION:
Robert Buffington, "Periodization and Its Discontents: The Social Construction of Crime and Criminality in Modern Mexico" (May 15, 2003). Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies. Project on Reforming the Administration of Justice in Mexico. Paper buffington.
http://repositories.cdlib.org/usmex/prajm/buffington