| Mike A. Males | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1950 |
| Occupation | Author, University Professor |
| Nationality | American |
| Genres | Nonfiction |
| Subjects | Sociology, Youth studies |
| Official website | |
Mike A. Males (born 1950) is an American sociologist who 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. He earlier taught for five years through 2006 at the UC Santa Cruz, where he taught "Sociology of Men" and "California Youth in Transition."
Males is best known for his book Scapegoat Generation, which analyzes statistics to dispel many popular myths about youth in the 1990s. He is popular among youth empowerment organizations and many academics, educators, and young people.
Males is the author of Kids and Guns (Common Courage Press, 2001)Kids And Guns, The Scapegoat Generation: America's War On Adolescents( 1996) Excerpt, Framing Youth: 10 Myths About The Next Generation (Common Courage Press, 1999) and Smoked: Why Joe Camel Is Still Smiling (Common Courage Press, 1999).
Other publications include What Do Student Drug Use Surveys Really Mean?, Journal of School Health(January, 2005)"What do student drug use surveys really mean?", The New Demons: Ordinary Teens, Los Angeles Times (April, 2002)"The New Demons: Ordinary Teens", and Wrong Way for Teen Drivers, Los Angeles Times (January, 2008)[2]
External links
- Personal website
- YouthFacts.org - Mike Males directs this project.
- May 2004 Interview with Mike Males
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