Victor M. Rios, a professor of sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, is the award-winning author of several books, including Street Life: Poverty, Gangs, and a PhD.
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Victor Rios grew up in the ghetto of Oakland, California, in the 1980s and 90s. A former gang member and juvenile delinquent, Rios managed to escape the bleak outcome of many of his friends and earned a PhD at Berkeley and returned to his hometown to stud... SEE MORE