Publications
Addressing
the Problem of Juvenile Bullying (Outside Source)
This fact sheet, written by Nels Ericson of the Office of Juvenile
Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), discusses juvenile
bullying, a form of violence among children that has come under
intense scrutiny amid reports that it may have been a contributing
factor in recent school shootings and that it may be related to
other forms of juvenile violence. This OJJDP fact sheet defines
bullying, noting that it can take three forms: physical, verbal,
and psychological. It also describes a recently published report
by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
(NICHD) and summarizes the report's findings on the long- and
short-term effects of bullying. The fact sheet concludes with
a discussion of the Bullying Prevention Program, an initiative
designed to reduce bullying by intervening at the school, classroom,
and individual levels.
Bullying and the Child with Special Needs (PDF; Outside Source)
The publication, "Walk a Mile in Their Shoes," is provided by AbilityPath.org (Outside Source), an on-line hub and special needs community for parents and professionals. The document provides information for parents and educators on the issue of bullying of students with special needs.
Girls Study Group: Understanding and Responding to Girls' Delinquency (May 2008) (PDF; Outside Source)
Examines the involvement of girls in violent activity and the contexts in which girls engage in violent behavior.
Preventing and Countering School-Based Harassment: A Resource Guide for K-12 Educators, Revised Edition (Outside Source)
This guide addresses the issue of school-based harassment by capturing similarities in cause of, type of, and remedy for all forms of harassment, while also addressing the unique and legal aspects of racial and sexual harassment. The material is intended to help school staff, families, students, and communities create a safe and bias-free learning environment.
Preventing Bullying: A Manual for Schools and Communities (Outside Source)
This pamphlet defines bullying, discusses the seriousness of this behavior and the effectiveness of a comprehensive approach, and presents strategies for administrators, teachers, students, and parents to use when dealing with bullying situations. It also provides examples of innovative and successful approaches used by schools in different parts of the country.
Web Resources
Bully.org (Outside Source)
Bully Beware (Outside Source)
Provides resources, information and products to help prevent and deal with school bullying.
Committee for Children (Outside Source)
Provides many resources for bullying prevention. This site can guide the selection of a bullying prevention program by the bullying prevention committee.
Cyber Safety for Children (Outside Source)
The California Department of Consumer Affairs, in partnership with the California Coalition for Children’s Internet Safety, provides resources for parent and community leaders to protect children in the online world.
Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) Database (Outside Source)
Fight Crime: Invest in Kids (Outside Source)
This study by a national advocacy group documents how bullying spawns loneliness, depression, and suicidal tendencies among its victims and foreshadows crime and violence by perpetrators.
Institute on Violence and Destructive Behavior (Outside Source)
National Crime Prevention Council (Outside Source)
National Criminal Justice Reference Service (Outside Source)
Select A-Z Topics and then click on Bullying.
National School Safety Center (Outside Source)
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (Outside Source)
Olweus Bullying Prevention Program (Outside Source)
Summary of the National Bullying Prevention Program developed for the US Olweus Group.
PeaceBuilders (Outside Source)
A violence prevention and character education youth program.
Set Straight on Bullies (Outside Source)
Examines the myths and realities about schoolyard bullying. Changing attitudes about the seriousness of the problem is stressed. It studies the characteristics of bullies and bullying victims. Most importantly, it provides strategies for educators, parents and students to better prevent and respond to schoolyard bullying. Sample student and adult surveys are also included.
Simon Wiesenthal Center (Outside Source)
Stop Bullying Now (Outside Source)
Information for students and adults that defines bullying and provides advice on how to address the issue.
STRYVE (Outside Source)
Striving to Reduce Youth Violence Everywhere (STRYVE) provides resources for students, parents, teachers, healthcare practitioners, and community members on bullying, dating violence, and school violence.
Taking
the Bully by the Horns (Outside Source)
Information, including a self-help book, that gives ite giving young people the skills they
need to deal with bullies and maintain healthy self-esteem.
Teaching Tolerance (Outside Source)
