Resumen

TSUKAME SAEZ, Alejandro. The role of the media in the construction of discourses on the “war against juvenile delinquency” in Chile (1990-2016). Polis [online]. 2016, vol.15, n.44, pp.181-201. ISSN 0718-6568.  http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0718-65682016000200009.

The discussion in the media about crime done by minors, between the years ninety until the second decade of the two thousand, spins around the theme of citizen security and the need of a zero tolerance politics with juvenile delinquency. The media do not invent reality, but reproduce and amplify with impressive efficiency. The particular treatment the media make on minors delinquency, builds the ideological image of a marginal subject, rehearses the implementation of innovative technologies of power, contributes to reveal the form in which operates the current control field of juvenile delinquency in Chile and is a tangible demonstration of the regressive effects of these policies in the processes of participation and democracy in Chile.

Palabras clave : Juvenile delinquency; ideologies and technologies of power; media; citizen security; zero tolerance.

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