NCJ Number
164274
Editor(s)
M A Paludi
Date Published
1996
Length
318 pages
Annotation
This book deals with sexual harassment on college campuses by covering research, case law, and theory and specifically focuses on the need to change the way campuses deal with sexual harassment rather than on changing victim perceptions of their experiences with professors and classmates.
Abstract
Book contributors emphasize that understanding the phenomenon of sexual harassment and how it operates is the first and most important step in solving the problem. They also note that effective policies, procedures, and education are needed to address the sexual harassment problem on college campuses. They look at the importance of training personnel at colleges and universities, establishing policy statements and effective grievance procedures, and carefully examining consensual relationships between faculty and students. Thirteen book chapters are organized according to three parts. The first part covers legal, methodological, and conceptual issues in sexual harassment, including procedures for defining and measuring sexual harassment, the link between racism and sexism on college campuses, and the study of sexist discrimination in face-to-face situations. The second part discusses sexual harassment by professors, faculty-student consensual relationships, and individual training for sexual harassers and includes a psychological profile of sexual harassers. The third part reviews campus interventions for effectively dealing with sexual harassment, including individual and institutional approaches, and notes ways of coping with sexual harassment, investigating complaints of sexual harassment, and addressing sexual harassment through prevention and change strategies. Appendixes provide additional information on training counselors in how to deal with sexual harassment and list resources for policies, procedures, education, and training. References, notes, tables, and figures