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Informationen zum Autor Michele A. Paludi is president of Human Resources Management Solutions and participating faculty at Union Graduate College, Schenectady, NY. Paludi is series editor for Praeger's Women's Psychology and Women and Careers in Management and has authored or edited 38 texts on workplace discrimination, sexual harassment, psychology of women, workplace violence, and campus violence. Her book Ivory Power: Sexual Harassment on Campus received the 1992 Myers Center Award for Outstanding Titles in Human Rights. She was recently named "Woman of the Year" by the Schenectady Business & Professional Women's club and is currently the Elihu Root Peace Fund Professor in Women's Studies at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. Klappentext The recent shootings at Virginia Tech brought issues surrounding campus violence to the forefront once again. But campuses have always had problems with stalking, sexual harassment, bullying, rape, robbery, burglary, and intimate partner violence, among other things. In fact, the incidence rates of campus violence are quite startling. For example, the incidence of sexual harassment among undergraduate students ranges between 20 and 80 percent each year. Between 8 and 15 percent of college women say they have been raped. And battering occurs in up to a third of all couples in dating relationships in the U.S. Fortunately, there are solutions to the problem of campus violence. In Understanding and Preventing Campus Violence , Michele Paludi and a host of experts detail preventive procedures as well as methods to stay safer on campus.In Understanding and Preventing Campus Violence , experts in law, HR/employment policy, psychology, criminal justice, and education offer sage, real-world advice to campus administrators, parents, students and employees on how to prevent and manage campus violence. It offers insights into the reasons behind violent acts, prevention techniques, methods students can use to protect themselves, and therapeutic techniques for the following types of violence: -Bullying -Sexual harassment -Cyberstalking and cyberharassment -Intimate partner violence -Rape -Homicide -Robberies and other violent crimes The book also addresses the legal responsibilities of schools, as well as the psychological fallout on people in the aftermath of violence. Featuring interviews with student-victims, and providing sample policies and training programs, Understanding and Preventing Campus Violence will help students learn to spot situations of potential violence, help teachers use classroom excercises to raise awareness and prevent future violence, and help college administrators and managers learn to safeguard the people and assets in their care. Zusammenfassung Offers advice to campus administrators! parents! students! and employees on how to prevent and manage campus violence. This book provides insights into the reasons behind violent acts! prevention techniques! methods students can use to protect themselves! and therapeutic techniques. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Acknowledgments Chapter One-Gendered Violence on Campus: Unpacking Bullying, Harassment, and Stalking-Jennifer L. Martin Chapter Two-Bullying and Hazing: A Form of Campus Harassment- Florence L. Denmark, Maria D. Klara, and Erika M.Baron Chapter Three-Shots Heard Round the World: Campus Violence and International Student Concerns-Presha E. Neidermeyer and Siri Terjesen Chapter Four-The Impact of Campus Violence on College Students-Bethany L. Waits and Paula Lundberg-Love Chapter Five-Anti-Violence Pedagogy: Strategies and Resources- Jennifer L. Martin Chapter Six-A Is for Activism: Classroom-Based Approaches to Preventing Campus Violence-Joan C. Chrisler and Mab Segrest Chapter Seven-Stalking as a Form of Campus Violence: Case Studies-Janet Sigal Chapter Eight-The Psychology of Women Course as a ...
