COLLEGE CRIIME: A Statistical Study of Offenses on American
Campuses is
an enlightening book on criminality at institutions of higher education by R. Barri
Flowers, an award winning criminologist and internationally bestselling author
of such titles as THE DYNAMICS OF
MURDER, THE SEX SLAVE MURDERS, and PROSTITUTION
IN THE DIGITAL AGE, and KIDS WHO
COMMIT ADULT CRIMES.
Recent years have greater focus on-campus
crime with repeated school shootings, mass murders, sexual assaults, increased
and deadly drug use, intolerance offenses, dating and acquaintance related
offenses, and other types of criminal behavior and the resultant effects on the
campus community.
This book examines the breadth of serious
criminality and victimization occurring on college and university campuses
across the United States, placing particular emphasis on the relationship
between drug and alcohol abuse and criminal activities such as sexual assault,
dating violence, stalking, hate crime, and murder. The book also provides
several victim resources and a guide to laws relevant to the prevention and
deterrence of on-campus crime.
For both current and future students at
institutions of higher learning, administrators, educators, campus law
enforcement, criminologists, social scientists, and others with a vested
interest, COLLEGE CRIME is a must in
offering a concise and important perspective of the college environment and the
perils that lurks within beyond the charm of well-kept grounds, attractive
buildings with history, coeds, classes, activities, growth, and generally
positive experiences of campus life.
"Recommended"--Choice;
"Valuable...an excellent resource."
--ARBA.
"Addresses an increased public and law
enforcement attention toward the contemporary enigma of violent crimes that
blemish campus life." -- Thomas E. Baker, Professor of Criminal Justice
"Informative book focusing on alcohol
and drug use, murder, sexual assault, dating violence, stalking, and hate crime
on college campuses. Recommended. All levels/Libraries.” – D. Harper,
University of Rochester
“Crime committed on college and university
campuses has tended to be underreported and under attended to by the general
populace.... This book examines these trends, and takes a careful look how
seemingly innocent crime, like underage drinking, is directly connected to more
serious offenses” – Book reviewer and educator
