Deviance and Crime in Colleges and Universities: What Goes on in the Halls of Ivy

In the ebook Deviance and Crime, it talks about crime and illegal things happening in colleges and universities. It talks about the Virginia Tech shootings being bad behavior. Drugs, drinking, harassment, and plagiarism are mentioned in the book. It talks about fraternity hazing and binge drinking, plagiarism with students, and bad behavior with coaches with sports. Improvement is discussed within the book as well. The big thing that it discusses the most is pressures with peers and other individual problems. It talks about how students give in to things that know they should not do. Be responsible is a big factor. The book concludes that this is not a book a student would want to write because of it comparing it to the world we are living in.

A Fraternity Hazing Gone Wrong

The article on hazing, it takes place at Chico State University in California. Matthew Carrington died Feb. 2 2005 because of hazing. The 22 year old has been a good kid in his years. Gabriel Maestretti was homecoming king, volunteer coach, and an alter boy in his early "good years." In the last few years he has been known as hateful and "a mean drunk." Even though he did not do it purposely, he was still involved in it which meant punishment. He served 1 year in prison and his fellow brother served 6 months. Matthew would have turned 22 years old. Him and his family did a lot of stuff together and now he is gone. It will take a lot of time to get even close to forgetting about this horrible tragedy.