Confronting Sexual Harassment

By Judith Berman Brandenburg

Judith Brandenburg describes how schools can confront sexual harassment within their own communities and how they can become models that educate students to deal with sexual harassment in the larger... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807735906
• ISBN13: 9780807735909
• Release Date: June 1997
• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.5" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

Practical, solution-oriented, highly recommended

This readable and practical book addresses the problem of sexual harassment in educational institutions from multiple approaches. Author Judith Berman Brandenburg weaves together psychological, ethical, legal, sociological, and educational themes. Having held administrative positions at Yale University and Teachers College, Columbia University, she has thought long, hard, and sensibly about solving sexual harassment problems. The book covers the development of campus harassment policies and procedures, identifying three issues as particularly thorny. These are: reconciling a complainant's request for confidentiality with the institution's need to take action; retaining records of informal, unsubstantiated complaints that may document patterns of repeat offenders; and the tension between due process and collegial mediation. The book includes an excellent chapter on educational programs to combat harassment. Particular attention is devoted to off-campus programs such as clinical placements for students and field trips. It's the best book I've found on harassment. An added bonus is its successful blend of ideas suitable for higher education and primary and secondary schools. I highly recommend it for anyone in American education who cares about sexual harassment.