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Understanding and Preventing Bullying
Abstract
Bullying is repeated oppression, psychological or physical, of a less powerful person by a more powerful one. The prevalence of bullying by and of school children is quite high; in some studies, about half of children were bullies, and over half were victims. Boys bully more than girls, but boys and girls are victimized about equally. Generally, bullies are aggressive, tough, strong, confident, and impulsive. Victims are unpopular, lonely, rejected, anxious, depressed, unwilling to retaliate, and lacking in self-esteem. Bullying occurs especially at places and times when adult supervision and surveillance is minimal. There is some continuity over time between bullying and violent crime. Prevention methods aim to improve the social and friendship skills of the victim and the empathy of the bully and to improve adult supervision and "whole-school" environments. In Norway, a nationwide campaign against bullying seemed to be successful.
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- Authors
- Farrington, D. P.
- Venue
- Crime and Justice
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Published
- 1993-01
- Volume
- 17
- Pages
- 381-458
- ISSN
- 0192-3234 (ISSN-L)
- 2153-0416
- OpenAlex
- W2033175318
- Cited by
- 770
- References
- 66
- FWCI
- 6.48
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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