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Party school [electronic resource] : crime, campus, and community / Karen G. Weiss.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Weiss, Karen G.
- Series:
- Northeastern Series on Gender, Crime, and Law
- The Northeastern series on gender, crime, and law
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- College students--Alcohol use--United States.
- College students.
- College students--Drug use--United States.
- College students--United States--Social conditions.
- College environment--United States.
- College environment.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (257 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Northeastern University Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Examines the culture of the ""party school"" and the criminal behaviors that result from it
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-55553-820-7
- OCLC:
- 850194015
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