From YRN

Mike A. Males (born 1950) is an American sociologist who writes from a pro youth rights perspective. Males is a professor at the University of California - Irvine. He does studies to help youth, writes books, writes for newspapers and other sources, and considers himself a "debunker" when it comes to the media's unfair coverage of young people.

Contents 1 Books 2 Classes taught/teaching 2.1 Studeis 2.2 Articles 2.3 External links

Books

"Scapegoat Generation: America's War on Adolescents" is a non-fiction Mike Males wrote revealing that contrary to popular American belief, it is the media that is out of control and not teenagers. He uses statistics, charts, and factual evidence to display how young people are not the monsters that the media works so hard to make them out to be. "Framing Youth: Ten Myths About the Next Generation" is a smiliar work from the California sociologist. "Kids and Guns: How Politicians, Experts, and the Media Fabricate Fear of Youth" is a free online book written by the sociologist. And he wrote "Smoked: Why Joe Camel Is Still Smiling."

Classes taught/teaching

Mike Males taught or teaches Sociology of Law, Social Problems, Contemporary American Society, Drugs and Society, Race and Criminal Justice and Youth and Crime and Sociology of Men is taught and was designed by Mike Males.

Studeis

Mike Males has done many studies pertaining to the way that young people are treated in our country. He has done a study proving that young people's high fatality rate while driving is related to their poverty and the conditions in which they are expected to drive. He noted that there poverty is a large predictor in fatal car crashes. He also has done studies on curfew laws.

Articles

• "The New Demons: Ordinary Teens", LA Times, April 2002.
• "What do student drug use surveys really mean?", Journal of School Health, January 2005.

External links

• Personal website
• May 2004 Interview with Mike Males