Mike A. Males (born 1950) is an American sociologist who teaches at 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. Males is currently popular among youth empowerment organizations, academics, educators, and young people themselves.

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.

=Classes taught/teaching=

• Sociology 117 California Youth in Transition
• Sociology of Men

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

1950 births | Living people