Details

Edition

First edition.

Description

xxxiv, 395 pages ; 24 cm

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages [339]-372) and index.

Summary

The fear of campus sexual assault has become an inextricable part of the college experience. Research has shown that by the time they graduate, as many as one in three women and almost one in six men will have been sexually assaulted. But why is sexual assault such a common feature of college life? And what can be done to prevent it? Drawing on the Sexual Health Initiative to Foster Transformation (SHIFT) at Columbia University, the most comprehensive study of sexual assault on a campus to date, Jennifer S. Hirsch and Shamus Khan present an entirely new framework that emphasizes sexual assault's social roots, transcending current debates about consent, predators in a "hunting ground," and the dangers of hooking up.

Subject

Rape in universities and colleges -- United States.

College students -- Crimes against -- United States.

Campus violence -- United States.

EDUCATION / Higher.

EDUCATION / Violence & Harassment.

SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social.

SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sexual Abuse & Harassment.

Genre/Form

Informational works.

Added Author

Khan, Shamus, 1978-

Added Title

Landmark study of sex, power, and assault on campus

ISBN

9781324001706 hardcover

1324001704 hardcover