Harassment -- What to do if it happens to you
This is an envelope-sized pamphlet for guiding people on how to respond to prejudice-motivated acts in the workplace. Topics include: how to cope with ethnoviolence, recognizing and dealing with the stress, confronting the perpetrator, staging the confrontation and how to conduct it, when and how to file a formal complaint, protecting against retaliation, and more. This is a guidebook for persons who have been harassed and for those who counsel them. $7.00. (Quantity discounts on a cost plus basis are available.)

Race and Ethnic Conflict: Contending Views on Prejudice, Discrimination, and Ethnoviolence (Westview Press, 1999)
This anthology, co-edited by Howard J. Ehrlich and Fred L. Pincus, provides a comprehensive introduction to the key debates and principal writings on race and ethnic conflict of sociologists, historians, and social psychologists representing conservative, liberal, and radical positions. 408 pp. 1999, Second Edition. $26.00.

 

The Ecology of Anti-Gay Violence (reprinted from The Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 1990)
This article discusses the similarities and differences between prejudice and violence directed at lesbians and gay men and other forms of prejudice and violence in American culture. $5.00.

 

The Lawyer's Role in Combating Bias-Motivated Violence
Discusses the variety of roles lawyers can play in community-based efforts to combat ethnoviolence and offers suggestions for getting lawyers involved. Prepared as part of a project with the Community Relations Service of the U.S. Dept. of Justice. Extensive list of resources. $5.00.

 

Community Response to Bias Crimes and Incidents
Provides information on organizing community-based coalitions to combat ethnoviolence, assessing community resources, and numerous examples of successful efforts. Prepared as part of a project with the Community Relations Service of the U.S. Dept. of Justice. Extensive organizational and written resources. $5.00.

 

Ethnoviolence on Campus: The UMBC Study
Reports the findings of the first case study of ethnoviolence on a college campus, focusing primarily on the nature and effects of student victimization, and secondarily on student perceptions and attitudes. $5.00.

 

Campus Ethnoviolence and the Policy Options
An outgrowth of the Institute's monitoring of incidents on college campuses and analysis of numerous case studies, this report provides both a conceptual background for administrative action and a guide to the options available to campus decision makers. $10.00.

 

Prejudice and Ethnoviolence On Campus
A review of ethnoviolence research on college campuses, focusing on the extent of victimization, revictimization, and co-victimization. Problems of research methodology are also discussed. $10.00.

 

Hate Speech, Ethnoviolence, and the First Amendment On Campus
Analyzes the validity and effectiveness of hate speech codes within the framework of campus research findings and recent court decisions. Provides an overview of the societal and campus contexts of hate speech controversies. $5.00.

 

Model Campus Assessment Questionnaire Set
A set of survey instruments for assessing the climate of intergroup relations on campus. Questions are compiled from campus case studies and national surveys. The instrument and survey guidelines are revised and updated on a continuing basis. Purchasers are granted copyright waiver to duplicate the instruments and guidelines for their own use. $25.00.

 

Studying Workplace Ethnoviolence (reprinted from The International Journal of Group Tensions, 1989)
An exploratory investigation based on interviews with victims of ethnoviolence the workplace. Seventeen categories of workplace incidents are identified and discussed. $5.00.

 

Ethnoviolence at Work
Based on the findings of the Institute's National Victimization Survey, this report analyzes the nature of ethnoviolent incidents in the workplace and their effects on victims. The report concludes with recommendations for interventions by human rights workers. $5.00.

 

Ethnoviolence in the Workplace: Summary of Major Findings
Reports the findings of a case study of an American corporation, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Justice. Four hundred workers were interviewed for this survey focusing on the character of workplace incidents and their effects on the victims and members of the work group in which they occurred.$7.00.

 

The Traumatic Effects of Ethnoviolence
Consolidates the findings of research on he traumatic effects of ethnoviolence in the workplace, on college and university students, and in the general community. $10.00.

Reporting Ethnoviolence
A thematic and content analysis of the ways in which intergroup conflicts are depicted in newspapers. $7.50.

 

Ethnoviolence and Sexual Harassment on Campus — The Towson Student Survey
This is an executive summary of a baseline study conducted on a mid-sized state university campus. Separate consideration is given to gender and sex harassment. The study also encompassed gay and lesbian students, students with disabilities, and international students. $10.00.

 

Intergroup Relations on Campus — UMBC, The Second Study
This is an executive summary of a follow-up to the original 1986 study designed to: investigate the impact of ethnoviolence and sexual harassment on students who were directly victimized as well as those who had only seen or heard about campus incidents; explore the extent of group defamatory behaviors on campus and their impact on students; determine the characteristics of the perpetrators of these incidents; and to examine aspects of the campus climate, particularly student perceptions and attitudes towards various groups. $10.00

 

Campus Ethnoviolence Kit
A package of seven major reports on campus ethnoviolence, including our model questionaire set. $50.00, Postage paid. ($85.00 if purchased singly.)

Workplace Ethnoviolence Kit
A package of four major reports on our workplace research. $25.00, Postage paid.

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