...Prevention Proposal – XYZ High School Anti-Bullying Program 20130228 Juvenile Justice Prevention Program Proposal Section 1. DESCRIBE THE TARGET GROUP The direct target group is the current freshman class at suburban middle class XYZ High School (XYZHS). Naturally, as the sophomore, junior, and senior classes matriculate through the school, they will be indirectly affected by the program and expected to hold true to the lessons and values taught in the anti-bullying curricula during their freshman year. The demographic for the direct and indirect target groups are as follows: • General Demographic o The population of residents ages 15 to 19 for the school district is 9,075 making up roughly 8.3 of the county population (Harnett County Schools, NC General Demographic Characteristics, n.d.). o Of the 108,885 residents, 71% are white, 23% are African American, 2% claim American Indian or Alaskan native as their race, 1.3% are Asian, 0.2% claim Pacific Islander, and 5.5% claim some other race (Harnett County Schools, NC General Demographic Characteristics, n.d.). o 9,171 residents or 8.4 of the county population are of Hispanic or Latino descent (Harnett County Schools, NC General Demographic Characteristics, n.d.). • Social Characteristics o Out of 39, 356 households, 1,130 are single fathers with kids under 18, and 3,918 are single mothers with kids under 18 (Harnett County Schools, NC Social Characteristics, n...
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...analysis of feasible solution to stop fraternity in school. B. Objectives 1: To know the effects of fraternity in a person. 2: To make a solution about fraternity. 3: To enforce the law about fraternity. C. Hypothesis 1: If every school has a program against fraternity hood then the case of joining fraternity will be lessen. 2: If the school institution are not aware of having fraternity gang it will stay as a big problem of school and of course the student who are the victim of this case. 3: If the parents and school institution help to the implementation law about compulsory joining of some students in fraternity and discipline to every student then the student will be aware to the consequence of joining into this brotherhood. C. Scope and Delimination This study shall focus on fraternity which is the cause of destroying the education and lives of every student who are suffering in this worst form of brotherhood. It shall also present the law against compulsory recruiting and this study and also promote or present the difference program against joining or compulsory recruiting of students in fraternities in every school institution . Much of this data shall be on its safe official page that is made and pilot by the school head. E. ...
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...Bullying Fred J Knueppel Everest University Principles of Sociology SYG2000 Professor Jonathan Brooks September 16, 2012 Bullying One n four youths are subjected to bulling in public schools according to the American Justice Department. This is a staggering statistic and not easily comprehended. Schools are developing anti-bullying programs and working with current anti-bullying programs. Most public schools have implemented a no tolerance bullying policy. Schools are engaging in train student as early as the fourth and fifth grade to recognize bullying and how to deal with the bullying situation. Recognizing bullying is a key and critical issue. Recognizing bullying like other issues is the first step to dealing with the issue. A training program many schools have adopted for anti-bullying is the Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports, also known as PBIS. The PBIS’s basic teaching philosophy is teaching a pro-social behavior. This builds character that prevents the bullying issues. Schools at this point are utilizing the first of a three stages of the PBIS tiers. Each of the PBIS tiers is implemented on schools annual bases. Because of the three tier system at this point we are not able to evaluate the effectiveness of the PBIS system. Schools are required to submit pre-explosive and explosive cases once a year. The annual reporting of bullying cases is a serious concern for parents and teachers. He Safe School Ambassador program has...
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...Bullying Laws Worsen the Cause “Strict Anti-bullying Laws Could Actually Make Matters Worse” reports that “Following the 1999 Columbine High School massacre, an event blamed partly on the bullying of the two shooters, 48 states enacted strict anti-bullying laws…Despite such an aggressive approach, however, the problem has not disappeared.” The United States’ battle against bullying has been ineffective, even though anti-bullying laws have been enacted. As school personnel, researchers, and parents can understand, the solution to bullying does not pertain to anti-bullying laws. Instead, schools should rely more on effective ways to stop all cases of bullying, such as prevention programs, policies, rules, and research supported remedies. Using...
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...for Enhanced Anti-Bullying Laws and School Programs Lisa Aparicio Saint Joseph’s College The Need for Enhanced Anti-Bullying Laws and School Programs Bullying was traditionally considered rites of passage, something all children and youth must go through. This is a myth. In today’s violent growing society, bullying has been responsible for several acts of non-punishable crimes. The lack of attention to implementing and enforcing anti-bullying state laws, and funding anti-bullying school programs, is only making this problem worse. There is not enough being done to help prevent bullying, and the reason behind this is merely because, not enough is being enforced by our government and schools systems. There are those who believe that enforcing and creating anti-bullying laws are somewhat of a psychological Greek tragedy. There are those who believe that “When we advocate for laws against bullying, we declare the failure of psychology to solve the problem” (Kalman, 2010). They fail to realize that the lives of victims can’t be relied on the “slight chance” of psychology solving the problem. The truth of the matter is, there are people committing suicide and/or thinking about it, because of day to day bullying. It’s going to take more than just trusting psychology to do its magic. Anti-bullying laws have been claimed to be placed in almost every state in the U.S. However, after going through several of the state laws shown in the State School Healthy Policy...
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...woe through the grapevine. In truth, however, this supporting cast plays a significant role in peer-to-peer violence....Bystanders make or break bullying episodes." (Our Children) This article examines the role of the bystander in bullying incidents and outlines some strategies to help encourage young bystanders to act in these situations. OUR CHILDREN Nov./Dec. 2003, pp. 8-10 Reprinted with permission from National PTA. Article originally appeared in OUR CHILDREN magazine, Vol.29, No.3, November/December 2003 pp. 8-10. The Bystander: A Bully's Often-Unrecognized Accomplice By Margaret Sagarese and Charlene C. Giannetti A few years ago, an upstate New York newspaper headline noted that 60 high school girls and boys, ages 14 to 21, faced criminal prosecution for leering at and cheering on two brawling 15-year-old boys. The headline and accompanying story startled us. What we found amazing about this news item was that the police were holding "the human boxing ring" accountable. The "innocent bystander" status usually accorded people on the periphery of such violence was ruled out. The furor over the Glenbrook North High School (Northbrook, Illinois) incident this past May also stripped bystanders of innocence. Even though no one watching or videotaping the vicious female hazing was formally charged, public outrage reverberated throughout the country. The senior girls barraged junior girls with mud, garbage, human feces, and paint thinner while beating...
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...Bullying in Schools Patrick J. Mullan Empire State College Bullying in Schools There are times in one’s life when something so deeply touches us that we have to stop what we are doing and either blink, smile or cry. For me, such a moment occurred on January 3, 2013 when I read in The Staten Island Advance that a 15 year old girl threw herself in front of a bus while carrying a suicide note in her pocket. This young lady had lived close to my home in Staten Island. Her name was Amanda Cummings, a high school student and a very attractive young woman. It was revealed that she was the victim of bullying both at school. She was also bullied on her cell phone and on the internet when she was at home. Apparently there was some romantic imbroglio over a boy that triggered a group of teenagers to target Amanda with relentless bullying. The young Romeo was 19 years old and apparently he was also involved with the ringleader of the bullies. The gang of bullies urged Amanda to kill herself on numerous occasions. The 19 year old male eventually broke up with Amanda, but the bullying did not cease. Faced with non-ending bullying and the loss of the boy, Amanda felt that she had no choice but to end her short life. In the days that followed Amanda’s death, students at her school posted the vilest messages on her Facebook page and continued their bullying even after she was dead. They expressed happiness over her decision to die and ridiculed her. Not everyone on Facebook was abominable...
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...to End Bullying” Every individual longs to be accepted and happy, but in today’s society it is not so simple as too many people are engaging in the terrible act of bullying. Webster’s Dictionary defines bullying as the use of force, threat or coercion to abuse, intimidate or aggressively to impose dominance over others. Bullying in its various forms is one of the new emerging problems that many children and teenagers have to face daily at school or while practicing extracurricular activities away from their parents’ view and protection. This behavior is often habitual and is primarily because of a difference in class, race, gender, religion, sexuality, appearance, behavior, just to name a few. Bullying is a leading social issue among adolescents today whom of which are trying to find their place in the world. In fact, StopBullying.gov expresses that “28% of U. S. students in grades 6–12 have experienced bullying at some point”(Facts About Bullying). It is also important that the victims have an individual of which they feel secure to report the incidents before it is too late. Two solutions to prevent future students from being victimized and put a stop to bullying once and for all include promoting anti-bullying campaigns and mentor programs regarding the effects of bullying and encouraging how the victim can take a stand as well as implementing laws and policies that punish the bully for their actions. Though these acts differ, both contribute to end of bullying. Because...
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...| Bullying on School Campuses | | I. Introduction “Parents are way overprotective these days; getting picked on by tougher kids and hassling weaker ones is just a part growing up. It is how they learn to deal with the real world.” A statement heard by many people from adults. Unfortunately, this statement is incorrect. Throughout the course of years the US Department of Justice and Education indicate that more than eighty percent (80%) of public elementary and secondary schools report experiencing at least one violent incident ranging from bullying and physical fights to rape and assault with a weapon. (ProQuest Staff) This shows there is a need for change in society. A parent guardian as well as a student would want to be able to go to school in a secure environment for learning, but is that really how schools are today? Anyone can be a bully; classmates, administrators, school bus drivers, and even family members. Being a bully can be triggered by a desire to seem cool or to show social dominance. It can also be a ploy to hide your own low self-esteem and a need for approval from your peers. Bullying may start at home; family dynamics help bred bullies. An adult who will usual give birth and raise children that will bully. The last dynamic problem of what may create a bully is American culture; hostile music and movies and the focus on excellence and achievement that ignores the greater good of man. Bullying is dangerous; emotionally, psychologically and sometimes...
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...To: Parents of students (general audience). From: Anthony Garin. Bullying and its regulation in Canada. Date: April 6, 2015 Anti-bullying laws and regulations have long been a topic of debate in legislative institutions. Although it is not until relatively recently that bullying has become a spotlight of legal and ethical scrutiny in local context. Most likely it is an effect of a trend of deeper enquiry into social fabric and increased social awareness. There is even an established bullying awareness week. As a result of that, and a questionable position of bullying regulations or in some cases their absence, there needs to be a change to keep up in the regulating aspect of bullying treatment. Through presented problems and arguments we...
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...Stop The Bullying Every day, on every playground and hallway in our American schools, children, youths, and teens are harassed, tormented, made fun, physically and mentally abused and embarrassed by bullies. Is your child one of these bullies or a victim of bullying? This bully behavior is not only happening in the United States but all over the world. Many children and youths observe miserably as other school children get bullied at school. Bullies usually pick on personalities and individuals who are weaker than themselves, so they can build themselves to feel better about themselves. Sadly to say, many individuals have witnessed bullying or been a bully themselves. As parents, school administrators and citizens of a community we need to unite and stand up to bullies and give our children the tools, knowledge and skills to reach out for help from their peers, teachers and parents. In many school systems across the nation, plans to protect students from the growing occurrence of bullying are being developed. Bullying within our school systems has become a nationwide growth and development of strategies and proposals between parents, teachers, school administrators and government to assist our school systems to promote antibullying programs, therefore giving the kids who are being bullied an outlet to reach out for help. The current antibully programs in the school systems are not effective because they are based on self-reporting systems and those have been shown...
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...Bullying in Schools: Can It Be Stopped? Even though schools face cost issues in education of staff and anti-bullying enforcement, bullying is a serious problem that is not being properly addressed. With the shootings at Columbine High School in Colorado, where on April 20, 1999 two students started a massacre where 12 students and one teacher were killed, and suicides in multiple places, it’s clear that bullying causes tragedies. All of the events, in some way, are related to bullying. In recent years, there has been more media coverage of incidences of bullying and its repercussions. There was a girl in Massachusetts named Phoebe Prince that after being bullied for months went home after school on January 14, 2010 and committed suicide by hanging herself. She just couldn’t take it anymore. Prior to this, the school where she went did little in the ways of anti-bullying education. According to the U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, “In 2007, about 32 percent of 12- to 18-year-old students reported having been bullied at school during the school year and 4 percent reported having been cyber-bullied”(“Indicator 11”). Our children are dying due to being bullied at school. My own children have gone through being bullied at school. My twelve-year-old was bullied to the point of being physically injured. As a parent, I find this unacceptable. The following graph shows these numbers: Figure 11.1. Percentage of students ages...
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...Bullying is an act when a person threatens, harass, or intimidate another person with bodily harm. Bullying can occur in many places. A majority of the bullying occurs in schools by students but can happen at any time or anywhere. To protect victims the laws changed in the last few years. In this paper the subject to discuss are the changes and the affect the changes have on the public. Bullying is intentional aggressive behavior involving one-sided power. Bullying usually happens repeatedly. Bullying may include physical bullying by hitting or punching a person, verbal by calling names and teasing, and or cyber-bullying by sending negative emails or text.-mail or text messaging). The most frequent for of bullying is verbal bullying. In 2002, only nine states had bullying laws. Today all states except the state of Montana have laws in place. The laws require each state to implement programs to educate all grades that discourse bullying and acts of violence against other students. On January 1, 2011, the state of Georgia changed the bullying laws and now requires the Department of Education to develop a model policy that allows changes to the policy when necessary. The laws also require the Department of Education to post the policy on its website to gives assistance to the local school systems. Some of the rules the model policy list are, a statement that prohibits bullying, requires a teacher or a person that suspects someone is a victim of bullying it must...
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...What is bullying? Bullying defined Bullying is a repeated aggressive behavior where one person (or group of people) in a position of power deliberately intimidates, abuses, or coerces an individual with the intention to hurt that person physically or emotionally. Acts of bullying can be physical or verbal. Many young people can be unkind to each other during adolescence as they refine social skills and grow into adults. While these interactions are unpleasant, there is a clear line between conflict and bullying. Incidents of bullying must include all 3 of these characteristics: 1) Intentional- the behavior was aggressive and a deliberate attempt to hurt another person 2) Repeated- these aggressive actions occur repeatedly over time to the same person or group of people 3) Power imbalance- the person bullying has more physical or social power than the child or children being bullied Bullying almost always takes an emotional toll upon the child being bullied, but the actions that constitute bullying vary. There are four types of bullying, which can occur separately or simultaneously: 1) Physical bullying such as kicking or pushing 2) Verbal bullying such as name-calling or yelling 3) Relational bullying such as excluding or rumor-spreading 4) Cyberbullying which involves sending hurtful messages over digital devices like computers and cell phones. Cyberbullying continues to increase as digital media become more prevalent...
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...Federal Government Prevention of Bullying We have all heard the words; the words that tear us down and break us apart. A person can only bend so far before they break. No one is immune to it, we are all capable of bullying. By no means is bullying right; often times the repercussions of being bullied are devastating. Although there is no Federal law currently in place to prevent bullying, there are discrimination and harassment laws and many states have anti-bullying laws; there is hope for the Federal government to follow suit in enacting anti-bullying laws. Bullying in the United States is continuing to get expand, but the awareness of bullying is also increasing. There are several ideas of what exactly bullying is. The most common definition of bullying is “purposeful attempts to control another person through verbal abuse - which can be in the tone of voice or in content such as teasing or threats.” Sometimes the verbal abuse turns into physical abuse. Bullying is not limited to just schools; bullying is taking place in workplaces, homes, nursing homes and even in the military ("Why do People Bully?"). Research has proven that bullying happens more frequently in the middle school age years than any other school years (“New ways to stop bullying”). Over 160,000 children stay home from school every day in fear of being bullied (“Bullying and Suicide”). Seven percent of eight grade students stay home at least one day a month due to continued bullying and harassment by other students...
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