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Gang Member-Turned-Ph.D. Mentors Youth on the Fringes

Gang Member-Turned-Ph.D. Mentors Youth on the Fringes

02/01/2012

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Gang Member-Turned-Ph.D. Mentors Youth on the Fringes

Clip: 2/1/2012 | 8m 45s

Gang Member-Turned-Ph.D. Mentors Youth on the Fringes

Victor Rios says he has lived two lifetimes. In his first, he was a gang member, juvenile delinquent and high school dropout. Now, he's a sociology professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, who tries to help adolescents avoid the same mistakes he made and get second chances like he did. Ray Suarez reports.

02/01/2012

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