Bullying Today Research Paper
Bullying in Today’s World
Bullying in Today’s World
A topic of great concern among American society, and parents in particular, is that of youth violence. The media often makes the situation appear as though youth violence is on the increase in the United States. However, scientific research shows that youth violence is not truly increasing, but that certain environmental factors make the statistics read as though the violence is increasing. Statistics can be influenced by a number of factors besides actual increases in violence, such as the introduction of ‘zero tolerance’ policies in schools or the reduction of police discretion on police forces. These environmental factors lead to more incidents of youth violence being detected …show more content…
Many believe that the bully-victim dichotomy is one that is analogous to the strong-weak dichotomy. This however is not true. Victims of bullies are often sensitive, caring individuals. While their kindness, intelligence, honesty or creativity may be taken as a form of weakness, in reality they are strong individuals who endure years of abuse at the hands of bullies (Olweus, 1997). The typical victim of a bully is not inclined towards violence in the least, making them an easy target. Sometimes a child that is kind and shows a low inclination towards violence can be regarded as week but the opposite is often true. More often than not they are just individuals with higher levels of personal integrity and values. If society were made up solely of these so called ‘wimps’ and ‘weaklings’ society would be a much better and safer place to live. Many have viewed bullying as something that attacks individuals who are in essence, the best individual’s society has created (Craig, 1998). They are smart, respectful, honest, and creative, have high values, morals and integrity, and often have a very strong internal sense of fairness or justice. Bullies target these individuals because often they will not fight back due to their own values, but this does not make bullying acceptable or
Bullying in Today’s World
A topic of great concern among American society, and parents in particular, is that of youth violence. The media often makes the situation appear as though youth violence is on the increase in the United States. However, scientific research shows that youth violence is not truly increasing, but that certain environmental factors make the statistics read as though the violence is increasing. Statistics can be influenced by a number of factors besides actual increases in violence, such as the introduction of ‘zero tolerance’ policies in schools or the reduction of police discretion on police forces. These environmental factors lead to more incidents of youth violence being detected …show more content…
Many believe that the bully-victim dichotomy is one that is analogous to the strong-weak dichotomy. This however is not true. Victims of bullies are often sensitive, caring individuals. While their kindness, intelligence, honesty or creativity may be taken as a form of weakness, in reality they are strong individuals who endure years of abuse at the hands of bullies (Olweus, 1997). The typical victim of a bully is not inclined towards violence in the least, making them an easy target. Sometimes a child that is kind and shows a low inclination towards violence can be regarded as week but the opposite is often true. More often than not they are just individuals with higher levels of personal integrity and values. If society were made up solely of these so called ‘wimps’ and ‘weaklings’ society would be a much better and safer place to live. Many have viewed bullying as something that attacks individuals who are in essence, the best individual’s society has created (Craig, 1998). They are smart, respectful, honest, and creative, have high values, morals and integrity, and often have a very strong internal sense of fairness or justice. Bullies target these individuals because often they will not fight back due to their own values, but this does not make bullying acceptable or