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Youth Violence Researcher Explores His Own Family’s Tragedy in 'Sito'

Youth Violence Researcher Explores His Own Family’s Tragedy in 'Sito'

We’ll talk with him about the book and his work on juvenile justice reform and how to break the cycles of youth violence.

KQED's Forum

March 14, 202455m 46s

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Show Notes

Laurence Ralph is a Princeton professor who studies gangs and youth violence. Five years ago it all became very personal when a family member, 19-year old Luis Alberto Quiñonez, was killed in San Francisco in retaliation for a gang-related murder he didn’t commit. That tragic story is the subject of his new book, Sito: An American Teenager and the City That Failed Him. We’ll talk with him about the book and his work on juvenile justice reform and how to break the cycles of youth violence.


Guests:


Laurence Ralph, professor of anthropology, Princeton University; author, "SITO: An American Teenager and the City That Failed Him." He will appear on Thursday March 14 at 7PM at Mrs. Dalloway's bookstore in Berkeley.

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