Creating and maintaining safe college campuses : a sourcebook for evaluating and enhancing safety programs
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Creating and maintaining safe college campuses : a sourcebook for evaluating and enhancing safety programs
Stylus, 2007
1st ed
- : pbk
Available at 2 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Violence, hate crimes, theft, drug possession, sexual harassment, concealed weapons, underage drinking, rape - along with many other major and minor offenses - plague all campuses. College and university staff, administrators and policy makers are under increasing parental and legislative pressure to demonstrate they have adopted measures to prevent crime and keep students safe. This book serves as a sourcebook to enhance and evaluate safety programs, generate new solutions and interventions, comply with new legislation, and present practical steps and guidelines to establish best practices. This book pays particular attention to the factors that may give rise to crime. It considers high-risk drinking and examines the intersection between hate crimes and violence. It devotes chapters to discrimination in all its forms - whether against international students, students of color, or on the basis of ethnicity or sexual orientation. It reviews the range of issues relating to harassment and violence against women and engages with hazing and the presence of guns on campus. The authors pay attention to the different circumstances that may apply in specific institutional types, such as community colleges and minority-serving institutions. The book offers perspectives from administrators, campus security, student affairs personnel, faculty and policy makers as well as a review of legal considerations. The purpose is to provide readers with the context and tools to devise a comprehensive safety plan. For administrators operating with few formal support systems, advice is given on how to co-opt individuals and resources from around the campus to assist in the common goal of maintaining a safe and welcoming campus.
Table of Contents
- Introduction: The Complexity of Maintaining a Safe Campus in Higher Education: An Administrative Dilemma
- Chapter 1.Changing the Culture of High-Risk Drinking
- Chapter 2. Violence and Hate Crimes on Campus Against International Students and Students of Color: Uncovering the Mystique
- Chapter 3. Campus Climate for Sexual Minority Students: Challenges and Best Practices
- Chapter 4. Campus Safety Issues for Women
- Chapter 5. Why Do Students Beat Other Students?
- Chapter 6. The Role of the Campus Safety Department in the 21st Century
- Chapter 7. The Incompatibility of Weapons and College Campuses
- Chapter 8. Safety in a Community College Environment
- Chapter 9. Public Safety Issues at Minority-Serving Institutions
- Chapter 10. The Legal Implications of Campus Crime for Student Affairs Professionals
- Chapter 11. Exemplar Programs and Procedures: Best Practices in Public Safety
- Chapter 12. You're Not Alone: Resources for the College Administrator
- Chapter 13. Elements of a Comprehensive Safety Plan.
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