McDonough, Aidan2023-03-212023-03-2120232023-03-21http://hdl.handle.net/1828/14918Violence in Mexico continues to climb steadily despite the large sums of funding the US and Mexican governments provide to combat drug cartels. This paper seeks to understand how Mexican and US drug enforcement policies, corruption, and economic crisis have led to increased levels of violent crime. By viewing the systemic, and social factors contributing to increased violent crime in Mexico, it becomes easier to make policy recommendations and enforce lasting change. Thus, through displaying the societal and causal factors leading to increased violence in Mexico within this research using path dependency, it is possible to understand how Mexico's political and social structure has allowed cartels to maintain their power.enEconomic crisisCrimeDrug PolicyCartel ViolenceMexicoCorruptionJamie Cassels Undergraduate Research Awards (JCURA)PosterDepartment of Political Science