Title: Bullying in Schools | ASU Center for Problem-Oriented Policing
Headings: Bullying in Schools
Bullying in Schools
Guide No.12 (2002)
The Problem of Bullying in Schools
Definition of Bullying
Related Problems
Extent of the Bullying Problem
A Threshold Problem: The Reluctance to Report
Bullying Behavior
Bullies
Incidents of Bullying
Victims of Bullying
Consequences of Bullying
Chronic Victims of Bullying

Content: Researchers gathered data on 120,000 students from 28 countries. Upwards of 20 percent of 15-year-old U.S. students reported they had been bullied at school during the current term (see "Annual Report on School Safety." However, a 2000 U.S. Department of Education report on school crime (based on 1999 data), using a very narrow—and perhaps too limited—definition of bullying than the earlier report, showed that 5 percent of students ages 12 through 18 had reported being bullied at school in the last six months (Kaufman et al. 2000). [ Full text ] [Full text ]
‡ The "Annual Report on School Safety," developed in response to a 1997 school shooting in West Paducah, Kentucky, did not until 1999 contain any data on school bullying. The 1999 school bullying data are aggregate, useful only in international comparisons, since specific types of bullying are not categorized. The report tracks thefts, weapons, injuries, threats, and physical fights, and some measures of harassment and hate crimes. However, the proportion of incidents that have their roots in bullying is not specified. § The words "bully" and "bullying" are used in this guide as shorthand to include all of the different forms of bullying behavior. A Threshold Problem: