Mike A. Males
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Mike A. Males | |
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Born | 1950 |
Occupation | Author, University Professor |
Nationality | American |
Genres | Nonfiction |
Subjects | Sociology, Youth studies |
Mike A. Males (born 1950) is an American sociologist who taught for five years through 2006 at the UC Santa Cruz. He is best known for his book Scapegoat Generation, which analyzes statistics to dispel many popular myths about youth in the 1990s.
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[edit] About
Males is currently popular among youth empowerment organizations, academics, educators, and young people themselves. He currently is senior researcher for the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice[1], San Francisco, and content director for the online information service on youth issues, YouthFacts.org.
[edit] Books
- Kids And Guns. Common Courage Press, 2001.
- The Scapegoat Generation: America's War On Adolescents, 1996. Excerpt
- Framing Youth: 10 Myths About The Next Generation. Common Courage Press, 1999.
- Smoked: Why Joe Camel Is Still Smiling. Common Courage Press, 1999.
[edit] Classes taught
- Sociology 117 California Youth in Transition
- Sociology of Men
[edit] Articles
- "The New Demons: Ordinary Teens", LA Times, April 2002.
- "What do student drug use surveys really mean?", Journal of School Health, January 2005.
- "Wrong way for teen drivers", LA Times, January 2008.
[edit] External links
- Personal website
- YouthFacts.org - Mike Males directs this project.
- May 2004 Interview with Mike Males