College Drinking

Reframing a Social Problem

George W. Dowdall (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

288 Seiten

2008
Praeger Publishers Inc (Verlag)
978-0-275-99981-0 (ISBN)

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Drinking has become recognized as one of the most important problems facing today's college student. Even though college drinking has increased only modestly over the past few decades, concern about its health, behavioral, and safety consequences has risen rapidly. This book examines college drinking as a social problem within higher education, based on interviews with many leading figures engaged in addressing the problem. It assesses the evidence about how many students drink or drink excessively, and what kinds of behavioral and health problems they have as a consequence. The book answers the crucial questions of why students drink and what mixture of personal and environmental factors shape college drinking. The complex links to campus crime and sexual assault are discussed fully. Key practical questions about effective prevention programs and countermeasures are answered in detail. Students and parents can take action to lower the risk of binge drinking by consulting an appendix, which explains how to use college guide data on 400 leading institutions or data about alcohol violations and crime available for several thousand colleges. Anyone concerned with higher education today will find a full discussion of the scope of the problem and what can be done about it.

George W. Dowdall is professor of sociology at Saint Joseph's University.

Preface

The Perspective of this Book

Plan of the Book

Chapter 1: College Drinking As A Social Problem

Chapter 2: Reframing College Drinking

Chapter 3: The Impact of College Drinking

Chapter 4: The Dark Figure Of Alcohol-Related Campus Crime: The Gap Between Reported Incidents And Victimization

Chapter 5: Work Hard, Play Hard: College Drinking, Social Life, and Sex

Chapter 6: Public Alcohol Policy And College Drinking

Chapter 7: The College Response: Reframing Prevention

Chapter 8: What More Can Colleges Do?

Chapter 9: How To Cope With College Drinking: What Students And Parents Can Do

Appendix A: Sources for Further Information.

Appendix B: Methods and Data.

Appendix C: Timeline.

Appendix D: Alcohol and Crime Data.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.12.2008
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 235 mm
Gewicht	595 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Familie / Erziehung
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Psychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sucht / Drogen
ISBN-10	0-275-99981-5 / 0275999815
ISBN-13	978-0-275-99981-0 / 9780275999810
Zustand	Neuware