{"product_id":"the-dark-side-of-the-ivory-tower-9780521195171","title":"The Dark Side of the Ivory Tower","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): III Sloan John J. | Bonnie S. Fisher\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Sociology - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA cursory reading of the history of U.S. colleges and universities reveals that violence, vice, and victimization - campus crime - has been part of collegiate life since the Colonial Era. It was not until the late 1980s - some 250 years later - that campus crime suddenly became an issue on the public stage. Drawing from numerous mass media and scholarly sources and using a theoretical framework grounded in social constructionism, The Dark Side of the Ivory Tower chronicles how four groups of activists - college student advocates, feminists, victims and their families, and public health experts - used a variety of tactics and strategies to convince the public that campus crime posed a new danger to the safety and security of college students and the Ivory Tower itself, while simultaneously convincing policymakers to take action against the problem. Readers from a range of disciplinary interests, campus security professionals, and informed citizens will find the book both compelling and valuable to understanding campus crime as a newly constructed social reality.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46870313402519,"sku":"9780521195171","price":8030.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780521195171.webp?v=1769996552","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-dark-side-of-the-ivory-tower-9780521195171","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}