Unsafe in the Ivory Tower: The Sexual Victimization of College Women
- ISBN-10
- 1483349314
- ISBN-13
- 9781483349312
- Category
- Sexual harassment in universities and colleges
- Pages
- 230
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010
- Author
- Bonnie Fisher
Description
This text presents two interrelated perspectives of sexual victimisation on college campuses. Firstly it discusses a a salient social problem: the sexual victimisation of college women. Secondly it discusses how scholars have participated in this movement to understand the origins, nature, extent, and ways to prevent the sexual victimisation, especially on college campuses.
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