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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825913303321

Autore

Weiss Karen G

Titolo

Party school [[electronic resource] ] : crime, campus, and community / / Karen G. Weiss

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston, : Northeastern University Press, 2013

ISBN

1-55553-820-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Collana

The Northeastern series on gender, crime, and law

Disciplina

378.1/980973

Soggetti

College students - Alcohol use - United States

College students - Drug use - United States

College students - United States - Social conditions

College environment - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

Examines the culture of the ""party school"" and the criminal behaviors that result from it