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Party school : crime, campus, and community /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Weiss, Karen G.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boston : Northeastern University Press, 2013.
Series:Northeastern series on gender, crime, and law.
Subjects:
College students > Alcohol use > United States.
College students > Drug use > United States.
College students > United States > Social conditions.
College environment > United States.
EDUCATION / Higher.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: welcome to the party school
  • Situating the party school
  • Contextualizing the party lifestyle
  • Introducing party university
  • Playing hard: students' drinking and drug routines
  • Getting wasted: extreme party rituals and risks
  • Flirting with danger: criminal consequences of the party subculture
  • Party disturbances: secondhand harms to campus and community
  • Rationales in defense of the party subculture
  • Conclusion: sobering reflections of the party school.