Bullying is not a new phenomenon in the social lives of school-aged children but in recent years a great deal more attention has been paid to bullying because of the apparent rise in the number of publicized incidents. Teachers, parents, school administrators, community leaders and social scientists are on the alert not just for bullies, but also for methods of prevention. This paper uses scholarly research articles to review and critique the current problems related to bullying.
The Literature on Bullying
A peer-reviewed article in the journal Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health reports that there is a strong link between those children who act out bullying behaviors in early childhood and their later involved with the criminal justice system. In other words, young people who engage in bullying others may well expect to be on the wrong side of law enforcement later in life. The outcome of the authors' research shows that "The hazard of criminal offence for bullies is 1.9 times…that of non-bullies" (Jiang, et al., 2011, p. 128). Moreover, the authors assert, the criminal convictions for individuals that were bullies in their youth "…were nearly twice as high as for non-bullies up to the child's 18th birthday" (Jiang, 128).
The authors of this research paper (using a court order) accessed the criminal records of 260 bullies and of those, 9.2% had at lease one "official criminal conviction" before the age of 18. Those 260 were selected because earlier in their educational careers they had been part of an "evidence-based program" called "STOP NOW AND PLAN" (SNAP). In other words, the authors compared those individuals (who...
Likewise, the percentages of young children who reported bullying behaviors who were themselves the victims of bullying by others as well as being abuse both physically and sexually in the home were highly disturbing and represent a call to action for educators at all levels. It is clear that violence continues to adversely affect both the bully and the victim, but it is also clear that the victims are
More and more children are becoming victims of cyberbullying with an estimated range of between 19% and 42% being bullied online at least one time (Wolak, Mitchell & Finkelhor, 2006). Reports also indicate that children who participated in traditional bullying are becoming increasingly more involved in cyberbullying; reflecting very high percentages of those children acting as cyber bullies (Kowalski & Limber, 2007). In a recent study of 177 seventh grade
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Cyberbullying Proposal Bullying is not a new phenomenon. Yet, today's teens and children have to deal with an entirely new type of bullying online that is often more persuasive and even more harmful. The effects of cyberbullying are well documented. However, the reasons why so many youths today turn towards bullying each other online are often left of the discourse. In order to have so many victims, it is clear there
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