When does becoming part of the team go too far? For decades, young men and women endured degrading and dangerous rituals in order to join sororities and fraternities while college administrators blindly accepted their consequences. In recent years, these practices have spilled over into the mainstream, polluting military organizations, sports teams, and even secondary schools. In Destroying Young Lives: Hazing in Schools and the Military, Hank Nuwer assembles an extraordinary cast of analysts to catalog the evolution of this dangerous practice, from the first hazing death at Cornell University in 1863 to present day tragedies. This hard-hitting compilation addresses the numerous, significant, and often overlooked impacts of hazing, including including sexual exploitation, mental distress, depression, and even suicide. Destroying Young Lives is a compelling look at how universities, the military, and other social groups can learn from past mistakes and protect their members going forward.

Introduction: The Perils of Hazing / Hank Nuwer1. Dead to Rites: The Chlorine Poisoning of Henrietta Jackson / Hank Nuwer2. Hazing in Fraternities and Sororities: A Primer / Hank Nuwer3. A Need for Transparency: Parents, Students Must Make Informed Decisions About Greek Life Risks / Douglas Fierberg and Chloe Neely4. Shame: The Hidden Harm of Hazing for Victims and Hazers / Tracy Maxwell5. Sexual Hazing: A Wrongful Passage / Norm Pollard6. Ill Met by Moonlight: The First Fraternity Hazing Death / Hank Nuwer7. Eliminating Band Hazing: What Must Be Done / Malinda Matney8. Hazing and Gender: Lenses for Prevention / Elizabeth J. Allan and Morgan B. Kinney9. Listening to the Voices of the Hazed: An Examination of Race, Violence, and Black Fraternity Membership / Ashley Stone10. Unspoken Sisterhood: Women in African American Sororities and Their Physical and Mental Ordeals-"Weeding the Good from the Bad" / Gina Lee-Olukoya11. Sexually Exploitive Athletic Hazing and Title IX in the Public School Locker Room / Susan P. Stuart12. A Mother's Story: I Lost My Child to Fraternity Hazing / Debbie Smith with Stacey Kennelly13. How Alfred University Ended the Greek System to Become a Hazing Research Institution / Norm Pollard14. How Schools May Have Facilitated and Operationalized Hazing: An Interview with Peter F. Lake Author of The Rights and Responsibilities of the Modern University/ Hank Nuwer15. A Fraternity Model: Addressing Campus Alcohol Misuse and Abuse / Edward G. Whipple and Robert A. Biggs16. A Realistic Approach to Public Relations for Fraternities in Crisis / Ray Begovich17. A Sorority Hazing Hero Incurs the Wrath of Alums / Sarah Wild18. How Reforms and Reformers Played a Role in Changing a Hazing Culture / Allison Swick-Duttine19. Hazing Hides in Plain Sight: An Open Letter to Hazers from a Nationally Known Speaker / David Westol20. Hazing and University Ethics: The Need for Faculty Involvement and Guidance / James F. Keenan, SJ21. Understanding Hazing in the Perilous World of Guyland: An Interview with Michael Kimmel / Hank Nuwer22. An Unsolved Cold Case: How Did Joe Bisanz Die? / Hank Nuwer23. Women and a Feminine Leadership Style Can Defeat Hazing / Tracy Maxwell24. The Purdue Tank Scrap / David Hovde25. A Blueprint for Greek Reforms: How to Establish an Anti-Hazing Task Force with Concrete "Good First Steps" to Change a Hazing Culture / Travis T. Apgar26. Hazing and the Law and Litigation: What You Need to Know / R. Brian Crow and Colleen McGlone27. Smokeouts and Smokescreens: Military Hazing / Hank Nuwer