This book offers a rich collection of student experiences drawn from extensive interviews, focus groups, and hundreds of hours observing student parties and interactions, all analyzed with care and references to academic research ... A readable and thought-provoking work on a topic of concern on college campuses. The SHIFT project generated many academic publications, but this book successfully reaches a general audience, specifically students, parents, and policymakers.
Taking into account gender, sexuality, and race, Hirsch and Khan do an excellent job of exploring the complexities of sexual assault and how to make campuses safer for all students.
Hirsch and Khan make a strong case that solutions to campus sexual assault must involve educating students about their right to sexual autonomy, and the right of others to the same. This detailed, practical inquiry should be mandatory reading for college administrators and parents of college-age children.
A serious study ... The authors assert that their intended readership is parents and young people heading off to college, but their presentation of SHIFT’s findings and their discussion of methodologies seem more appropriate for an academic journal. A broad encapsulation of a significant sociological study that will likely overwhelm general readers but should interest fellow scholars.
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