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College Drinking: Reframing a Social Problem
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.
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College Drinking: Reframing a Social Problem
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.
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College Drinking: Reframing a Social Problem

College Drinking: Reframing a Social Problem

by George W. Dowdall
College Drinking: Reframing a Social Problem
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College Drinking: Reframing a Social Problem

College Drinking: Reframing a Social Problem

by George W. Dowdall

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780275999827
Publisher: ABC-CLIO, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/30/2008
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
File size: 1 MB

About the Author

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

Table of Contents

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.

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