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steve richards

sociology, 1992

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Ex-con poster boy.

Steve Richards isn't afraid to talk about his past. In fact he has written more than one book about his experiences as an ex-con who has turned his life around. "It is part of our social responsibility that we break the stereotype of the ex-con. Most people think convicts are poor, uneducated, and tattooed. There are hundreds of thousands of middle-class Americans who have been in or are in prison." Steve Richards was one of those Americans. But after his release he continued his education with a Ph.D. in sociology from Iowa State. Now a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Steve has become a prominent spokesperson on the subject of convict criminology.