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week_1_introduction_to_bullying.pptBullying:
What is Bullying?
"Bullying is the willful, conscious desire to hurt another and put him/her under stress" Tattum and Tattum (1992)
“Repeated oppression, psychological or physical, of a less powerful person by a more powerful person". David Farrington (1993)
Components of Bullying:
Desire to ____
Hurtful _____
A ____ imbalance
Repetition (typically)
Unjust use of _____
Evident _________ by the aggressor
A sense of being oppressed on the part of the _____
Components of Bullying:
Desire to hurt
Hurtful action
A power imbalance
Repetition (typically)
Unjust use of power
Evident enjoyment by the aggressor
A sense of being oppressed on the part of the victim
It’s Just a Phase. They’ll Grow Out of It. After All, Kids Will Be Kids.
… adult bullying has come to be recognized as an epidemic of violence in our society…50% of the adult population has experienced this form of violence at work, at home, or in society (Cooper 2003)
Bullying Does Not Cause Any Long Term Damage…
Sixty percent of physical male bullies will be arrested by age 24 (National Mental Health Association)
Some People Are Born Victims Who Will Always Be Picked On… a Victim Is Never a Bully.
Bullying Affects Only the Bully and Victim…
Kip Kinkle
May 21, 1998: Two students were killed and more than 20 other people wounded when Kip Kinkel, 15, opened fire at Thurston high school's cafeteria in Springfield, OR.
Students wait to hear the fate of their class mates following the shooting rampage
Apr. 20, 1999: Columbine high school students Dylan Klebold, 17, and Eric Harris, 18, went on a shooting rampage, killing 12 of their classmates and one teacher, in Littleton, Colo. Klebold and Harris then killed themselves. The massacre, at that time, was the bloodiest school shooting in U.S. History.
Eric Harris
Dylan Klebold
