The dark side of the ivory tower : campus crime as a social problem /
John J. Sloan III, Bonnie S. Fisher.
- New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
- xiii, 211 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Violence, vice, and victimization on American college and university campuses: a brief history lesson; 2. Constructing campus crime as a new social problem; 3. Constructing unsafe and violent college campuses; 4. Constructing the sexual victimization of college women on campus; 5. Constructing postsecondary institutional liability for campus crime; 6. Constructing binge drinking on college campuses; 7. The legacy of claimsmakers: institutionalizing the dark side of the ivory tower.
"The Dark Side of the Ivory Tower chronicles how four groups of activists convinced the public and Congress that campus crime posed a new danger to college students and the Ivory Tower itself"--
9780521195171 (hardback) 9780521124058
2010006614
College students--Crimes against--United States. Crime prevention--United States. Safety education--United States.