Research Catalog

Title

College drinking : reframing a social problem/changing the culture / by George W. Dowdall.

Author

Dowdall, George W.

Publication

Sterling, Va. : Stylus Pub., 2013.

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Description

xxi, 283 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

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. His study is also unique in looking "upstream" at the broader cultural, organizational, and social forces that shape this behavior, where most studies focus only on "downstream" behaviors that start well after students have selected their college and started drinking.

Subject

• College students > Alcohol use > United States
• Young adults > Alcohol use > United States
• Alcoholism > United States > Prevention

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

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.

ISBN

• 9781579228132 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 1579228135 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 9781579228149 (library networkable e-edition)
• 1579228143 (library networkable e-edition)
• 9781579228156 (consumer e-edition)
• 1579228151 (consumer e-edition)

LCCN

^^2012031227

OCLC

• 768168612
• SCSB-11779778

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library