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"The book is intended for use as the primary text in an undergraduate criminal justice ethics class. The proposed book provides students a framework for analyzing ethical issues involving criminal justice practitioners. It includes a template the author developed that students use to analyze scenarios provided in the book that involve police officers, prosecutors, defense counsel, judges, and corrections professionals. The proposed text also provides students an overview of common systems of ethics, helps them develop and apply ethical reasoning skills, and helps them develop writing skills"--

This third edition underscores that interest in the legal, social, and policy contexts of campus crime has not waned. Among the purposes of this new edition is the desire to share with readers the advancements that have occurred in understanding campus crime, especially the dynamics of college student victimization, and efforts to effectively address campus security issues. Presented in three sections, the first examines the legal context of crime by offering five chapters whose focus is on the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act and its state-leve

"This edited collection examines the history, operations, and impact of campus policing in its role as a central manifestation of the symbiotic relationship between higher education and the carceral state. Using a multidisciplinary approach that draws from fields such as history, American studies, ethnic studies, criminology, higher education, and sociology, this volume both provides historical context and explores new directions in the burgeoning field of critical campus police studies"--

Contrary to the image of college campuses as "ivory towers," the victimization of college students recently has been portrayed as a serious problem deserving policy intervention. Based on interviews designed after the National Crime Victimization Survey, which were conducted with 3,472 randomly selected students across 12 institutions, we examined both the level and sources of students'victimization. More than one‐third of the sample reported being victims during the 1993–94 academic year. Informed by the lifestyle‐routine activities approach, the analysis revealed that the risk of property victimization was increased by proximity to crime, target attractiveness, exposure, and lack of guardianship. The main predictor of violent victimization was a lifestyle that included high levels of partying on campus at night and the recreational use of drugs.

This new edition of Campus Crime shares with readers the advancements that have been made in understanding campus crime. Across the three sections of the book, chapters review changes while also addressing current - and even future - crime and security issues confronting institutions of higher education. Some of these chapters address long-standing topics such as the sexual victimization of college women and the role of campus police departments in securing IHEs. Other chapters address new issues in campus crime such as drugging victimization, concealed carrying of firearms on campus, and "technology-based" security issues such as the challenges posed by cybercriminals, as well as activities like cyberstalking and identity theft that involve campus community members both as victims and offenders.