The sociological narrative, describes the harsh strict conditions that African American and Latino men faced when dealing with crime. Rios grew up in the ghetto in Oakland, California during the 1980s. Victor Rios was previously a gang member. He managed to overcome many obstacles by going back to school, to earn his PhD from Berkeley. After obtaining his degree, Rios came back to his hometown to conduct a study. The study was focused on Latino and African American young men that are dealing with poverty, violence, and racism. Rios starts off by collecting information holding interviews and observations through the inner city and the schools systems. The next step in the process of the study is talking to youth development workers in the city, to discuss ways to create community centers for the young men to go to, when they are at risk. The young men could face or be at risk for detention, being arrested, or placed in the juvenile system. …show more content…
Rios discusses how the methods of social control have changed over the last twenty to thirty years. During the observations, he conducted social and crime control. Crime control is a method to reduce crime in a society. He enforced crime control throughout the city, schools, and at the community centers, to help solve problems, and to prevent criminal activity on a daily basis. There was a situation that had occurred in a neighborhood in Oakland, California. A young man was being brutalized by the cops, but he wanted to have more police in the neighborhoods protecting them, like police should do. Policing is a body of government, trained in methods of law enforcement, crime prevention, and detection to maintain the peace, safety, and order of the