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Violence on Campus: Defining the Problems, Strategies for Action

NCJ Number
186198
Editor(s)
Allan M. Hoffman Ed.D., John H. Schuh Ph.D., Robert H. Fenske Ph.D.
Date Published
1998
Length
402 pages
Annotation
Seventeen chapters examine issues related to violence in higher education and how college officials can respond to it.
Abstract
The first chapter provides an overview of the history of violence in the United States, followed by a chapter that identifies the physical and psychological factors that contribute to the vulnerability of campuses to violence. Chapter 3 examines the characteristics of students who come to college campuses, noting that many come from high schools where they have experienced violence. Weapon carrying on college campuses is examined in chapter 4, with attention to why students carry weapons on campus and how this has impacted campus crime. A chapter on civility on college campuses considers various ways in which college campuses provide the opportunity for hateful speech and the fomenting of conflict that may lead to violence. Another chapter views violence among the students and staff of colleges as an example of workplace violence and calls on universities as employers to provide a safe workplace. Other chapters focus on violence in campus residences, racially and ethnically motivated violence on campus, women as victims of campus violence, violence against gays and lesbians on campus, and the sexual harassment of students by faculty members. A chapter on the interactions of substance abuse and campus violence is followed by a chapter on crisis management and chapters that deal with communications in the context of a violent incident, legal issues, and strategies for dealing with campus violence. Chapter references and a subject index