Preventing Bullying Through Science, Policy, and Practice

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Presents what is currently known about the field of bullying prevention and outlines where gaps in knowledge still exist. Discusses the scope of the problem, the consequences of bullying behavior, preventive interventions, law and policy, and future directions for research, policy, and practice. Chapter two includes an overview of what is known about whether bullying is more prevalent in urban schools or rural schools.

Committee on the Biological and Psychosocial Effects of Peer Victimization: Lessons for Bullying Prevention

2016

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Health and Medicine Division (HMD), National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Abuse and violence · Children and youth · Policy · Public health · Rural-urban differences · Schools