Unsafe in the Ivory Tower

This text presents two interrelated perspectives of sexual victimization on college campuses. First, it discusses the nature and dimensions of a salient social problem: the sexual victimization of college women. Second, it discusses how scholars have participated in this movement to understand the origins, nature, extent, and ways to prevent the sexual victimization, especially on college campuses. Essentially, the aim of this text is to be a conduit through which students will learn much about the nature of victimization and much about the way in which criminologists, victimologists, and social scientists conduct research that informs theory and policy debates.

ISBN 1412954770   Pages 248 ISBN13 9781412954778 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 431 Publisher SAGE Publications Inc   Published in Thousand Oaks Imprint SAGE Publications Inc   Height (mm) 254 Format Paperback   Width (mm) 178 Publication date 22 Dec 2009   Spine width (mm) 13 DEWEY 364.15308422   Academic level Tertiary education DEWEY edition DC22

1		The Discovery of Sexual Victimization		1
2		Beyond the Culture Wars: The Measurement of Sexual Victimization		25
3		The Risk of Rape: Unsafe in the Ivory Tower?		63
4		Beyond Rape: The Pervasiveness of Sexual Victimization		85
5		It Happened Again: Sexual Revictimization		111
6		Victim Secrets: Acknowledging and Reporting Sexual Victimization		129
7		Being Pursued: The Stalking of Female Students		155
8		Creating Safe Havens: Preventing Sexual Victimization		177
		References		201
		Index		219
		About the Authors		229

"Unsafe in the Ivory Tower is a major contribution at multiple levels. It advances the body of knowledge and strengthens the empirical rigor in a vital area of research. The book will also serve as a critical policy resource for colleges and universities who are tasked with providing environments for safe living and learning by our nation's young women. Its finest contribution, however, will be evidenced in the lives of women across this country whose experience of higher education may be safer and unstained by exposure to sexual violence." -- Carol E. Jordan 20091118 "Based on rigorous survey research that meets the highest scientific standards, this timely book challenges the notion that colleges are "ivory towers" or peaceful sanctuaries from the "real world." Fisher, Daigle, and Cullen make it completely clear that a substantial number of women on college campuses experience serious harms that would fit most states' definitions of felony rape or sexual assault. This book is mandatory reading for anyone seeking a rich, empirically informed understanding of one of society's most compelling social problems." -- Walter S. DeKeseredy 20091202 "Thought provoking...Some of the most comprehensive, evidence-based research on campus violence against women, with a refreshing look at potential strategies. With eye-opening, hard scientific data, this book answers most of the quintessential questions and will no doubt play a pivotal role in future research and prevention." -- Amy I. Cass 20091123 Unsafe in the Ivory Tower is truly a comprehensive overview and analysis of sexual victimization. It is theoretically grounded and provides an extensive and critical review of sexual victimization research, both within and beyond the ivory tower. -- Amy Brown 20100920 Unsafe in the Ivory Tower is truly a comprehensive overview and analysis of sexual victimization. It is theoretically grounded and provides an extensive and critical review of sexual victimization research, both within and beyond the ivory tower. -- Amy L. Brown 20101019 "While there is not a lack of books and articles available that discuss sexual victimization, this particular text provides a valuable contribution to the literature as it focuses on an often ignored victim of this offense." -- Catherine D. Marcum 20110826 "While there is not a lack of books and articles available that discuss sexual victimization, this particular text provides a valuable contribution to the literature as it focuses on an often ignored victim of this offense." -- Catherine D. Marcum 20110826

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