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This paper results from a quantitative study, which aims to define the profile of the networks of formal and informal support in relation to social reintegration program users of the Postpenitentiary System Office and The Attention of the Released Bureau of the State of Jalisco, Mexico. The sample consists of 260 users of this system, who agreed to participate in the evaluation and make a follow up interview at six months. The analysis give results where a high user satisfaction regarding the program and the formal support system of social reintegration, in turn, leaving a program does not correlate with the formal support, being noted that the informal support show a positive correlation with this according to the figures and their social adaptation. Implications of the results to address the social reintegration of prisoners are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents an overview about modifications in Juvenile Justice in Mexico, for this aim are mentioned main streams in penal, welfares and guarantees areas, putting attention to current discussion on strengthen punishment in the juvenile population. Furthermore, the author present a retrospective statistical analysis between 1980 to 2007, for answer the questions, Has changed the juvenile offender's criminal profile of the 80's to our times? and Is there evidence suggesting that these changes are related to organized crime?. The results show that the juvenile offender's criminal profile has changed with linkage of crimes against health, murder and theft, coupled with increased vulnerability to cooptation by organized crime, thus leaving open the debate on the nature of the impact that such organizations have and their offer of life for our youth. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper analyzes the religiosity and its factors in a Mexican sample. It was constructed a Likert Scale about the attitudes of religiosity in university students, with 64 items (alpha .935, validity 60.76%). The sample was 880 students of public and private universities in the Mexico City. The results showed statistical differences by university and sex (p<.05), but men and women was more closed than another studies argues. The religiosity is composed by factors as beliefs, practices, perceptions, not just the simple question "what is your religion?" [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]