Party School: Crime, Campus, and Community (Northeastern

Party School: Crime, Campus, and Community (Northeastern Series on Gender, Crime, and 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
Author	Karen G. Weiss
Binding	Paperback
EAN	9781555538194
ISBN	1555538193
Label	Northeastern
Manufacturer	Northeastern
MPN	, black & white illustrations, black & w
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	280
PartNumber	, black & white illustrations, black & w
PublicationDate	2013-06-11
Publisher	Northeastern
Studio	Northeastern
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Party School: Crime, Campus, and Community (Northeastern Series on Gender, Crime, and Law)