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Fossey, Richard; Smith, Michael Clay – New Directions for Higher Education, 1996
In addressing rape on campus, colleges and universities should provide a rape awareness program, a campus sexual harassment policy, a campus security plan focusing on prevention, procedures for notifying the community about criminal activity, adequate disciplinary procedures, and protection for minor children with whom campus employees work. A…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Administrator Guides, Check Lists, College Administration
King, Gary; Flisher, Alan, J.; Noubary, Farzad.; Reece, Robert; Marais, Adele; Lombard, Carl – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2004
Objective: The aim of this article is twofold: first, to examine the prevalence of being the victim of actual and attempted rape among a large representative sample of Cape Town high school students; and second, to identify the correlates of sexual assault for both boys and girls, including alcohol, tobacco and other drug use, behavioral problems,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 8, Grade 11, Sexuality
Surratt, Hilary L.; Inciardi, James A.; Kurtz, Steven P.; Kiley, Marion C. – Crime & Delinquency, 2004
This article examines the subculture of violence thesis as it relates to female street sex workers in Miami. Interview and focus group methods were used to study the intersections of childhood trauma, drug use, and violent victimization among 325 women. Using targeted sampling, crack- and heroin-using sex workers were recruited through street…
Descriptors: Violence, Focus Groups, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Drug Use
Virginia State Council of Higher Education, Richmond. – 1993
This document reports on sexual assault and rape on campuses in Virginia and on efforts to address these types of violence at colleges and universities. Part I looks at state-wide activities in 1991-1992 which included eight focus groups on campuses, a state-wide campus sexual-assault conference, the establishment of five regional consortia to…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Campuses, College Role, College Students
Peterson, Deena, Ed. – 1975
An essay, a directory, a reading list, and consciousness-raising guidelines are intended to provide a vehicle for personal change and resources for organizational development. The guide begins with an essay on the women's movement today. A directory, which comprises the first major section of the guide, describes organizations which provide…
Descriptors: Abortions, Athletics, Blacks, Contraception
On Campus with Women, 1982
News concerning developments affecting women at colleges and universities is presented. Among the issues are the following: the Graduate Women's Network at the University of Michigan; a portable campus that provides career help to rural women in Minnesota; reentry programs into the corporate world for women 35 to 45 years old; an increase in…
Descriptors: Administrators, Career Counseling, Court Litigation, Employment Opportunities
Fay, Karen E.; Medway, Frederic J. – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2006
Based on Parrot's work with college students, a six-activity acquaintance rape prevention program for first-year high school students living in a rural South Carolina community was implemented and evaluated. The program decreased students' acceptance of rape myths compared with non-participating students both on a scale developed by Burt and on…
Descriptors: Sex Education, Rape, Prevention, Dating (Social)
Luchs, Michele; Emery, Winston – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2004
In this exploratory case study we look at student media production to find out what students know and have learned about the media through production work. We used a media education conceptual framework developed by Dick as a means of describing the day to day media learning of a group of ten students, four girls and six boys, producing a video…
Descriptors: Educational Media, Video Technology, Documentaries, Rape
Siegel, Dorothy G. – 1994
This book presents 10 case studies of how universities and colleges respond to violent tragedies, both on- and off-campus, and offers suggestions for institutions to prepare themselves to deal with such crises. Each case study of a specific case of violence or other tragedy was based on interviews with the participants and reports on the specific…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Role, Case Studies, College Planning
On Campus with Women, 1983
Developments in education, employment, and the court system concerning the status of women are covered in this newsletter issue. In addition to the news items, an article criticizing the Reagan-appointed Advisory Council on Women's Education is presented. The article, which was prepared by the Citizens Council on Women's Education, is entitled…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Affirmative Action, College Faculty, College Students
On Campus with Women, 1985
Developments in education, employment, and the courts concerning the status of women are covered in these two newsletter issues. In addition to news items, the article "United Nations World Conference on Women, 1985: Some Random Reflections on the Nairobi Conference" by Bernice Sandler is included. The article provides an overview of the overall…
Descriptors: Administrators, Affirmative Action, College Faculty, College Students
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities. – 1996
This report to accompany House Resolution 470 expresses the sense of Congress that the Department of Education should play a more active role in the monitoring of and enforcing compliance with the Higher Education Act of 1965 related to campus crime. The report makes reference to the Campus Crime and Security Awareness Act, enacted as part of the…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Students, Compliance (Legal), Cost Estimates
Smith, Michael Clay – 1988
A compilation, analysis and interpretation are provided of the court cases, involving crime or criminal-like behavior on college campuses, that have reached the appellate courts. The book is designed for the non-lawyer administrator. In addition, suggestions for successful administrative strategies are offered, together with checklists for…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Administrative Problems, College Administration, College Role
Monsey, Barbara R.; And Others – 1995
This report details unique characteristics of rural violence and outlines 88 strategies to prevent violent behavior, improve services for victims, and reduce recidivism. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, rape, assault, and robbery rates tripled in rural communities from 1965 to 1992. Rural violence differs from urban violence in several…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Change Strategies, Child Abuse, Community Action
Hamby, Sherry L.; Koss, Mary P. – Psychology of Women Quarterly, 2003
Methodological analyses of sexual victimization research are still rare, despite the explosion of interest in this topic and widely varying rates across studies. In-depth analysis of the meaning of differences in rates is especially lacking. A series of five ethnically and geographically diverse focus groups were held to explore how wording in…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Sexuality, Peer Influence, Victims of Crime