This timely book shows how the rapidly increasing phenomenon of violence in the U.S. is invading college and university campuses. Campus Violence shows what college and university counselors, therapists, security officers, and administrators can do to deconstruct the violence culture and begin to educate for a better society. The chapters assist educators in determining the nature of both external and internal violence and what to do about it. Readers will benefit from the experiences of many institutions of higher learning as communicated by various outstanding contributors to this book. By becoming sharply aware of the issues and solutions, administrators may engage in better, more realistic long-range planning, as well as get help for the myriad daily questions and problems inherent to running today's campuses.

Contents Preface Conceptualizing Campus Violence: Definitions, Underlying Factors, and Effects Administrative Perspectives on Disruptive Student Conduct Violence is Golden: Commercially Motivated Training in Impulsive Cognitive Style and Mindless Violence Violence, Alcohol and Other Drugs and the College Student The Role of the Mental Health Consultant in Dealing With Disruptive Students Keeping Their Antennas Up: Violence and the Urban College Student Race Relations and Polycultural Sensitivity Training on College Campuses Violence Against Lesbian and Gay Male College Students Violence and the Male Gender Role The Topography of Violence in College Men: Frequency and Comorbidity of Sexual and Physical Aggression College Men and Sexual Violation: Counseling Process and Programming Considerations Psychological Challenges and Responses to a Campus Tragedy: The Iowa Experience Homicide in the University Residence Halls: One Counseling Center's Response Cures for Campus Violence, If We Want Them Reference Notes Included Index