Protect Yourself At College: Smart Choices--safe Results

From dorm safety and drinking to spring break, date rape, and computer crime, "Protect Yourself at College" offers practical tips for staying safe, from the founder of College Safety Zone.

After the horrific Virginia Tech massacre in April 2007, all of us are now aware of the majordisasters that can strike our students at college. But each year more than 500,000 collegestudents become victims of crimes and accidents that rarely get reported in the media.Protect Yourself at College College is based on three years of extensive research and interviewswith college and security officials. It provides parents with a vital tool to give their studentsas they pack up for school. School administrators will want to hand out this book to eachstudent entering the freshman class. It covers everything from dorm safety to binge drinking, from spring break concerns to date rape, from walking the campus to keeping your computersafe, from fraternity hazing to taking the bus. Every chapter includes real-life examples anda checklist of safety suggestions and prevention measures that will ensure students do notbecome a crime statistic.