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Bullying and harassment in schools and the rights of children
Author(s) -
Smith Peter K.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
children and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1099-0860
pISSN - 0951-0605
DOI - 10.1111/j.1099-0860.2000.tb00184.x
Subject(s) - publicity , harassment , psychological intervention , intervention (counseling) , criminology , action (physics) , work (physics) , sociology , psychology , political science , public relations , social psychology , law , engineering , mechanical engineering , physics , quantum mechanics , psychiatry
By the year 2000, the issue of school bullying has come to occupy a prominent role in the national consciousness of many countries. There has been considerable media publicity, many publications, a great deal of research, and the beginnings of successful school‐based interventions to reduce bullying. In this article I define the term bullying, and discuss the history of the recent upsurge in interest and research. I then overview main findings concerning the nature of school bullying, the school‐based intervention work so far, and the implications for future research and action. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.