Sociologist Mike A. Males takes a critical view of ten common myths about adolescents and — through statistics on drugs, alcohol, sex, crime and curfews — reveals what teens are really like and what they really need.
Blog Jul 1, 2002
Smoked: Why Joe Camel Is Still Smiling
Sociologist Mike A. Males analyzes the history of the anti-smoking movement.
Jerome G. Miller writes an autobiographical account of his tenure as former head of the Massachusetts juvenile justice system during which he daringly closed reformatories and returned the juveniles to the community.
Blog Jul 16, 1997
Girls, Delinquency, and Juvenile Justice
Girls, Delinquency, and Juvenile Justice exposes the system’s failed attempts to apply male-oriented theories to the delinquency of females, and sheds new light on the unique problems girls face as a result.
Sociologist Mike A. Males provides a different picture: How politicians, private interests, and the media unfairly scapegoat adolescents for America’s problems.