Victor M Rios
Author
Publisher
New York University Press
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
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 study how inner-city young Latino and African American boys develop their sense of self in the midst of crime and intense policing. Punished examines the difficult lives of these young men, who...
Author
Publisher
Five Rivers Press
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
The author discusses the adversity he encountered growing up poor, fatherless, in a gang, incarcerated, dropped-out, and without hope. He reflects on his own personal transformation and discusses how his success of returning to school and acquiring a Ph.D. can be replicated by young people with the support of teachers, mentors, and parents.