Preventing bullying : through science, policy, and practice / Committee on the Biological and Psychosocial Effects of Peer Victimization: Lessons for Bullying Prevention ; Frederick Rivara and Suzanne Le Menestrel, editors ; Board on Children, Youth, and Families, and Committee on Law and Justice, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Health and Medicine Division, the National Academies of Science, Engineering, Medicine.

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

Rivara, Frederick P., editor.

Le Menestrel, Suzanne, editor.

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Committee on the Biological and Psychosocial Effects of Peer Victimization: Lessons for Bullying Prevention, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bullying--United States--Prevention.

Bullying.

Bullying in schools--United States--Prevention.

Bullying in schools.

Bullying in schools--Prevention.

Bullying--Prevention.

United States.

Physical Description:

xix, 341 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : National Academies Press, [2016]

Summary:

Bullying has long been widely tolerated as a rite of passage among children and-adolescents, but it can be a damaging event in childhood. Bullying is now appropriately considered to be a serious public health problem. Yet even as the dangers of bullying are increasingly recognized, the settings in which it occurs are multiplying, as digital communication and social media have enabled cyberbullying. Preventing Bullying Through Science, Policy, and Practice examines the consequences of bullying and assesses interventions that attempt to prevent and to respond to it. The report details the harmful short- and long-term consequences of bullying, both for those who are the targets of bullying and those who perpetrate it. It also finds that some interventions-such as zero tolerance policies, which are widely used by schools-have not curbed bullying or made schools safer. The report identifies approaches that are more likely to be effective at reducing bullying, and it recommends steps that agencies, schools, social media companies, and other stakeholders can take to better understand, prevent, and respond to bullying. Book jacket.

Contents:

The scope of the problem

Individuals within social contexts

Consequences of bullying behavior

Preventive interventions

Law and policy

Future directions for research, policy, and practice.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780309440677

030944067X

OCLC:

950957812