Party School: Crime, Campus, and Community (New England

Party School: Crime, Campus, and Community (New England Gender, Crime & Law)

On the basis of extensive on-site research, Karen G. Weiss offers a case study of crime victimization at an American â€œparty schoolâ€ that reverberates beyond a single campus. She argues that todayâ€™s party schoolâ€”usually a large public university with a big sports program and an active Greek lifeâ€”represents a unique environment that nurtures and rewards extreme drinking, which in turn increases the risks of victimization and normalizes bad behavior of students who are intoxicated. Weiss shows why so many students voluntarily place themselves at risk, why so few crimes are reported to police, and why victims often shrug off their injuries and other negative consequences as the acceptable cost of admission to a party.

Country	USA
Brand	University Press of New England
Manufacturer	Northeastern University Press
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	, black & white illustrations, black & w
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781555538194
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Party School: Crime, Campus, and Community (New England Gender, Crime & Law)