Totten, Mark D. 1962-

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TOTTEN, Mark D. 1962-

PERSONAL:

Born November 27, 1962, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; son of Bill (in insurance sales) and Ann (an artist; maiden name, McLurg) Totten; married Sharon Dunn (a social worker), August 25, 1984; children: Daniel, Kaila, Leah. Ethnicity: "Caucasian." Education: Queen's University (Kingston, Ontario, Canada), B.A.H., 1985; Carleton University, M.S.W., 1986, Ph.D., 1997. Hobbies and other interests: Sea kayaking, running, biking.

ADDRESSES:

Office—Youth Services Bureau of Ottawa, 1338 Wellington St., Ottawa, Ontario K1Y 3B7, Canada. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER:

Self-employed therapist in Aylmer, Quebec, Canada, 1987—; Youth Services Bureau of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, director of research, 1988—; certified social worker; certified "community justice forum and wraparound facilitator"; presenter and trainer on youth justice, child welfare, program evaluation, family violence, and youth violence, including classes at Carleton University. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, leader of Youth in Conflict with the Law Project; Justice Canada, past director of Community Reintegration Project. Also soccer, ringette, and running coach, 1990—.

MEMBER:

Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association, Ontario College of Certified Social Workers.

AWARDS, HONORS:

Patricia Allen Memorial Fund scholarship, 1996; Frederic Milton Thrasher Award, National Gang Crime Research Center, 2001, for Guys, Gangs, and Girlfriend Abuse.

WRITINGS:

Guys, Gangs, and Girlfriend Abuse, Broadview Press (Peterborough, Ontario, Canada), 2001.

(With Katharine Kelly) When Children Kill: A Social-Psychological Study of Youth Homicide, Broadview Press (Peterborough, Ontario, Canada), 2002.

(With Katharine Kelly) Restorative Justice: Working with Youth, Broadview Press (Peterborough, Ontario, Canada), 2003.

Contributor of more than twenty articles to periodicals, including Critical Criminology, Men and Masculinities, Social Worker, Health Canada, and Canadian Social Work Review. Reviewing editor, Journal of Gang Research, 2001—.

SIDELIGHTS:

Mark D. Totten told CA: "I am passionate about reducing the burden of suffering of far too many Canadian kids. My research and clinical work is motivated by a commitment to social justice. My other great passion in life is my three teenagers, my soul-mate Sharon, and my huge and goofy dogs—Shadow, a ninety-five-pound Newfoundland/border collie, and Sianna, a Great Pyranese mountain dog who, at the ripe age of seven months, weighs eighty-five pounds."