ADOLESCENT INVOLVEMENT IN ORGANIZED CRIME: MEDIA, LEGAL AND CRIMINOLOGICAL APPROACH

The active participation of young people in the illicit acts related to organized crime is growing, factors such as poverty, marginalization, lack of opportunity, social and human development, among others, continue to impact vulnerable groups, and create more conditions that further violate the already unprotected, as well as new generations, so it is observed that the ages of young people range from 18 to 30, but the presence of minors has been observed, finding children and adolescents in gangs of criminal groups. This paper sets out an analysis of this problem from a holistic approach of the criminology, first offering the articulation between this and the study of youth, as well as an explanation of organized crime, the objective is to analyze some social conditions that reflect the involvement of minors in organized crime, based on figures and journalistic cases.