| Summary: | Why those who don't commit crimes don't commit crimes is a relevant issue for the Mexican context. This article explores the speeches that articulate abstinence and resistance to crime in a group males between 17 and 40 years old who grew up and reside in the hot spots of organized criminal violence in Guaymas, Sonora, one of the most insecure and violent cities in the country. It was found that masculine conventionality refers to a complex process between social structure and human agency, which requires a set of fundamental social networks, interdependencies and interactions, because it involves a series of resources and strategies that are intergenerational, socio-cultural, educational, moralizing and historical, which make crime excludable.
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