Published
Oct 27, 2022Page count
214 pagesISBN
978-1529228106Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Bristol University PressPublished
Oct 27, 2022Page count
214 pagesISBN
978-1529228113Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Bristol University PressPublished
Oct 27, 2022Page count
214 pagesISBN
978-1529228113Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Bristol University Press
Crime and Deviance in the Colleges
Timely and urgent, this book examines the culture and governance of colleges and universities regarding both excess in elite student societies and sexual violence, particularly against female students. Taking into account the deaths, serious injuries and grave sexual abuse taking place among student populations, the book takes a criminological and sociological perspective on the institutions, offenders and victims involved.
With high profile court cases and media responses driving demand for reform, the author considers institutional reactions and concludes with recommendations to improve crime prevention, accountability and support for survivors.
“This book strongly argues that abuse and crime among university students is a theme that is far from exhausted, there are few measures in hand by which to address such conduct, and that it should be a wider societal concern than it is. Punch also shows us that universities have some way to go if they are to become model students themselves.” Policing and Society
“A meticulous and highly critical examination of that all too rarely studied organization: the academy. Focusing on the growth of transgressive subcultures in some student fraternities in Europe and North America, Maurice Punch makes a hitherto largely unexamined world perceptible and intelligible.” Paul Rock, London School of Economics
“This impressive book adds weight to the calls to initiate meaningful reform within universities. Maurice Punch demands both accountability and cultural change and insists that institutions have a moral obligation to act. That obligation should begin by reading this book." Sarah Charman, University of Portsmouth
“This book is a tour de force analysis of deviant behaviour in educational institutions. Maurice Punch makes a major contribution to our understanding of these widespread problems in this holistic study.” Ronald Weitzer, George Washington University
Maurice Punch studied at Cambridge and Essex and has worked in universities in the UK, USA and the Netherlands. Now Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics, his areas of specialisation are policing, police corruption and corporate crime. His previously published books include Dirty Business, Police Corruption and Elusive Excellence.
1. 'Edge Work': Deviance and Crime in the Colleges
2. The Netherlands and Belgium: The Student Corps and 'Excess'
3. UK and US Elite Student Societies: Secrecy and 'over the Edge'
4. Excess, Reform and Resistance
5. Sexual Discrimination and Abuse: Law and Definitions
6. Prejudice, Discrimination and a False Accusation
7. Fraternity Abuse: College Athletics, Cynicism, Hypocrisy and Cowardice
8. Conclusion: Reform, Care and Accountability
