The Hazing Reader

Despite numerous highly publicized incidents and widespread calls for reform, hazing continues to plague many of the nation's institutions. In this volume, noted hazing researcher Hank Nuwer presents 15 classic or never-before-published essays that can help all of us, parent and professional alike, better understand the culture of hazing. The collection, which includes contributions from such experts as Michael Gordon, Walter Kimbrough, Stephen Sweet, and Lionel Tiger, looks at hazing behavior in fraternal organizations (including sororities and traditionally black fraternities), high school, the military, and sports. There are also chapters on hazing and the law, hazing injuries, and hazing and gender. Lastly, the book lays out steps for transforming a culture of hazing and offers suggestions for further reading.

Preliminary Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Exterminating the Frat Rats by Hank Nuwer
A Chronology of Hazing Events
1. Understanding Fraternity Hazing by Stephen Sweet
2. Males Courting Males by Lionel Tiger
3. Groupthink by Irving L. Janis
4. Cult-Like Hazing by Hank Nuwer
5. Hazing and Related Drinking in an Addictive Fraternity Chapter by James C. Arnold
6. Pledging and Hazing in African-American Fraternities and Sororities by D. Jason DeSousa, Michael V. W. Gordon, and Walter M. Kimbrough
7. Examining Violence in Black Fraternity Pledging by Ricky L. Jones
8. Troubled Times in a Fraternity System by Jonathan R. Farr
9. A Sorority Executive's Perspective on Hazing: A Conversation with Holly Hart McKiernan
10. Military Hazing by Hank Nuwer
11. Rites of Passage and Group Bonding in the Canadian Airborne by Donna Winslow
12. Traumatic Injuries Caused by Hazing by Michelle A. Finkel, M.D.
13. A Carolina Soccer Initiation by Gregory Danielson
14. Hazing and Sports and the Law by R. Brian Crow and Scott R. Rosner
15. Institutional Liability and Hazing-Mainly Athletics-Related by R. Brian Crow and Scott R. Rosner
16. Transforming a Hazing Culture by Elizabeth J. Allan and Susan V. Iverson
17. Hazing and Gender by Elizabeth J. Allan
Appendix: Hazing Resource Information
Bibliography
Contributors
Index