College drinking: reframing a social problem/ changing the culture

Answers crucial questions about why students drink, examines its complex links to campus crime and sexual assault, and offers new insights on how to address the issue. It differs from other studies of college drinking by dispelling the myth that the problem is universal. Dowdall's research reveals that the incidence of alcohol abuse varies enormously between colleges, and in doing so identifies interventions and policies that have been effective, and those that have failed.

Drinking has become recognized as one of the most important problems facing today's college student. Even though college drinking has increased only modestly over the past few decades, concern about its health, behavioral, and safety consequences has risen rapidly. This book examines college drinking as a social problem within higher education, based on interviews with many leading figures engaged in addressing the problem. It assesses the evidence about how many students drink or drink excessively, and what kinds of behavioral and health problems they have as a consequence. The book answers t

"College drinking as a social problem" -- "Reframing college drinking" -- "The impact of college drinking" -- "The 'dark figure' of alcohol-related campus crime : the gap between reported incidents and victimization" -- "Work hard, play hard : college drinking, social life, and sex" -- "Public alcohol policy and college drinking" -- "The college response : reframing prevention" -- "What more can colleges do?" -- "How to cope with college drinking : what students and parents can do."