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PEER VICTIMIZATION IN SCHOOLS: AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE

OYAZIWO ALUEDE (Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma-Nigeria), ADRIANA G. MCEACHERN AND MAUREEN C. KENNY (Florida International University, Miami, USA)

2005 • Pages: 88 • Size: 180 × 240 mm •

Binding: Hard • Price: US 55$ /- Rs. 750/-

(Special Volume of Journal of Social Sciences No. 8)

PEER VICTIMIZATION IN SCHOOLS

The special volume has an international focus, with researchers providing information on bullying around the world. There has been an unprecedented increase in the study of bullying among school children worldwide. The continuous study of Bullying has become necessary because in spite of public exposure, therapeutic interventions, penalties, etc., incidents of bullying are increasing at an alarming rate in the past decade. This special volume is an effort to provide increased knowledge to readers/ practitioners about bullying, and prescribe better intervention strategies for its amelioration in the school system and society at large.

CONTENTS

Preface

List of Contributors

  1. Shelley Hymel, Natalie Rocke-Henderson, and Rina A. Bonanno • Moral Disengagement: A Framework for Understanding Bullying Among Adolescents
  2. Maureen C. Kenny and Adriana G. McEachern and Alucede Oyaziwo • Female Bullying: Prevention and Counseling Interventions
  3. Yegan Pillay • Peer Victimization of African Children Orphaned by Aids: The Efficacy of the Memory Book
  4. Bernard Moswela • Peer Victimization in Schools: Response from Botswana
  5. Marshalita Sims Peterson • Peer Victimization: Creating a Culture for Learning and Safe Classroom Communities
  6. Tanya Beran • A New Perspective on Managing School Bullying: Pre-service Teachers’ Attitudes
  7. Adriana G. McEachern, Maureen Kenny and Elizabeth Blake • Bullying in Schools: International Variations
  8. Ruth Bedell and Arthur M. Horne • Bully Prevention in Schools: A United States Experience

Index

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