Crime on Campus: Legal Issues and Campus Administration (AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION/ORYX PRESS SERIES ON HIGHER EDUCATION) - Hardcover

Smith, Michael Clay

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0897748468 ISBN 13: 9780897748469

Publisher: Amer Council on Education, 1995

Synopsis

Crime on Campus is a concise and informative resource designed for the nonlawyer. It offers discussions of the issues related to campus crime and supplies hundreds of valuable suggestions to help campus administrators anticipate worst-case scenarios. Also featured are special checklists that can be used to evaluate current procedures and defuse potential problems.
Authors Smith and Fossey discuss legal precedents and the actual court cases they were drawn from, strategies for reducing or preventing crimes, and guidelines and policies regarding search and seizure, theft, vandalism, fraud, and more.

About this title

About the Author

Michael Clay Smith is a professor of criminal justice at the University of Southern Mississippi.

Review

?Utilizing a combination of theory and practice, this resource covers considerable ground, giving a broad picture of what makes up crime on campus. It is not for the casual reader; while not written in strictly legal language it cites many cases and laws in detail....Overall, this is an excellent discussion of campus crime. It is unique because of the depth and breadth of the coverage, and the addition of practical information in response to specific types of incidents....This book is highly recommended for all academic libraries.?-Journal of Academic Librarianship

About this edition

• Publisher: Amer Council on Education
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0897748468
• ISBN 13: 9780897748469
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 264