Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2000 21:50:38 -0800 (PST)

Mike Males on Color of Justice

Irvine -- This Friday's edition of Subversity, a KUCI public affairs program, features an interview with crime hysteria critic Mike Males, on the "Color of Justice." Males has just co-authored a study for the Justice Policy Institute on the role of race and ethnicity in the transfer of juveniles to adult court in California. The show airs from 5-6 p.m. Friday, February 4 on KUCI, 88.9 fm in Orange County and is Web-cast live on kuci.org/listen.html.

Males, who underwent his Ph.D training at UC Irvine, is a frequent op ed writer, and a contributing writer at OC Weekly. He finds that adult courts are more likely than juvenile courts to imprison nonwhite kids. He found that Latino youth are 6 times more likely, African American youth are 12 times more likely, and Asian/other youth 3 times more likely than white youths to be found unfit for juvenile court and transferred to adult court (see www.cjcj.org/colorofjustice/).

This is his third appearance on Subversity. We'll also ask him about Proposition 21, the "juvenile injustice" initiative, slated for the March 7 ballot, a proposed law that further criminalizes youth.

Listeners can call (949) 824-5824 to chat with Males during the show, or e-mail subversity@kuci.org.

Press release of study
Text of Study [PDF document]
Mike Males' Articles in OC Weekly

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