Creating and Maintaining Safe College Campuses

A Sourcebook for Enhancing and Evaluating Safety Programs
Herausgeber: Terrell, Melvin Cleveland; Jackson, Jerlando F L

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. April 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 227mm x 162mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 417g
• ISBN-13: 9781579221966
• ISBN-10: 1579221963
• Artikelnr.: 22259543

Autorenporträt

Melvin Cleveland Terrell is Vice President Emeritus at Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago. From 1988 to 2008, Dr. Melvin Cleveland Terrell served as Vice President for Student Affairs at Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago, Illinois, where he remains Professor of Counselor Education. Jerlando F. L. Jackson is an Assistant Professor of Higher and Postsecondary Education in Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, Faculty Associate for the Wisconsin Center for the Advancement of Postsecondary Education, and Faculty Affiliate in the Weinert Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. The Complexity of Maintaining a Safe Campus in Higher
Education. An Administrative Dilemma 1. Changing the Culture of High-Risk
Drinking 2. Violence and Hate Crimes on Campus Against International
Students and Students of Color. Uncovering the Mystique 3. Campus Climate
for Sexual Minority Students. Challenges and Best Practices 4. Campus
Safety Issues for Women 5. Why Do Students Beat Other Students? 6. The Role
of the Campus Safety Department in the 21st Century 7. The Incompatibility
of Weapons and College Campuses 8. Safety in a Community College
Environment 9. Public Safety Issues at Minority-Serving Institutions 10.
The Legal Implications of Campus Crime for Student Affairs Professionals
11. Exemplar Programs and Procedures. Best Practices in Public Safety 12.
You're Not Alone. Resources for the College Administrator 13. Elements of a
Comprehensive Safety Plan