Preferred Lies by Andrew Greig
A cursory reading of the history of U.S. colleges and universities reveals that violence, vice, and victimization - campus crime - has been part of collegiate life since the Colonial Era. It was not until the late 1980s - some 250 years later - that campus crime suddenly became an issue on the public stage. Drawing from numerous mass media and scholarly sources and using a theoretical framework grounded in social constructionism, The Dark Side of the Ivory Tower chronicles how four groups of activists - college student advocates, feminists, victims and their families, and public health experts - used a variety of tactics and strategies to convince the public that campus crime posed a new danger to the safety and security of college students and the Ivory Tower itself, while simultaneously convincing policymakers to take action against the problem. Readers from a range of disciplinary interests, campus security professionals, and informed citizens will find the book both compelling and valuable to understanding campus crime as a newly constructed social reality.Andrew Greig was born and raised in the Scottish Highlands. Electric Brae (Canongate), which was short-listed for the MacVitie's Prize and got a Scottish Arts Council Award, and The Return of John MacNab (Headline), which topped the Scottish best-seller list in 1996, are among his many books of poetry. He took part in a number of Himalayan excursions and wrote Summit Fever (Hutchinson) and Kingdoms of Experience (Hutchinson) based on his experiences.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780312372996 |
| ISBN 10 | 031237299X |
| Title | Preferred Lies |
| Author | Andrew Greig |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Thomas Dunne Books |
| Year published | 2007-12-10 |
| Number of pages | 279 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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