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Trends in Bullying and Peer Victimization

Year: 2014

Type: article

Abstract: Increased attention to bullying in recent years has created the impression among some observers that the problem has been on the rise. But at the same time, crime and violence in gen-eral, and youth violence in particular, have been decreasing overall in the US. Could this decline apply to bullying and peer victimization? In this bulletin, we will summarize the trends, from youth sur-veys that have tracked bullying specifically, and also those that have tracked closely related phenomena such as school assaults, school thefts, school fighting and school hate speech. These surveys generally show declines in bullying and peer vic-timization, some of it remarkably large, especially over the peri-od since the mid 1990s. More recent trends, since 2007, also show some declines, but somewhat less dramatic.

Source: University of New Hampshire Scholars Repository (University of New Hampshire at Manchester)

Author: David Finkelhor

Institution: University of New Hampshire

Language: English

Topic: Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression

Subfield: Social Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Peace, justice, and strong institutions, Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funders: U.S. Department of Justice, Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung

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