La percepción de la violencia en la ciudad de Acapulco. Una mirada de los estudiantes de la Escuela Superior de Psicología de la Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero

Abstract

The city of Acapulco is considered the second most violent in the world; only surpassed by Tijuana, Baja California, since, in recent years, very high homicide rates have been recorded as a result of the organized crime that operates in this Guerrero city. The phenomenon of violence has permeated in most of the spaces of the inhabitants of the city, despite the different strategies undertaken by the federal, state and local government that seek to address this social problem; it has reached levels that are unprecedented in national history and has disrupted the daily life of the Acapulqueña population, which suffers diverse psychosocial effects; among those who emphasize anxiety, stress and fear. The purpose of this investigation was to identify how violence occurs in the city of Acapulco, Guerrero