Violence in the education which happens frequently is the fact. In Jakarta, students’ brawl almost happens every week, so that it is no longer interesting for those journalists. So far, when talking about the violence in students’ life, the topic that often presents is about students’ brawl, whereas there is the other kind of violence in students’ life that has more dangerous effects. It is bullying. Bullying often occurs in students’ society at both the high school and elementary school. Bullying is one type of violence that occurs among students with a wide variety of forms, both in the form of physical violence or mental violence. “Bullying is a type of aggressive behavior.” (Andershed, Kerr, & Stattin, 2001; Cowie, 2000; Leary, Kowalski, Smith, & Philips, 2003; Roland & Idsoe, 2001; Salmivalli & Nieminen, 2002).”. “Bullying has two key components: repeated harmful acts and an imbalance of power. It involves repeated physical, verbal, or psychological attacks or intimidation directed against a victim who cannot properly defend him- or herself because of size or strength, or because the victim is outnumbered or less psychologically resilient. Bullying includes assault, tripping, intimidation, rumor-spreading and isolation, demands for money, destruction of property, theft of valued possessions, destruction of another’s work, and name-calling. (Sampson, Rana, 2003).” “Persecution case which done by "Nero" group to the students in Pati, Central Java, Indonesia, included in bullying category. (el-tarbawi. No.I.Vol.IV.2011).” It also happens in many schools in Indonesia. Bullying that we often focus on is just a small set of many cases of "bullying" that is rarely recognized by people, even teachers who are parents for students in school. Though small things such as ridicule or mocked-forming gangs in schools based on the economic level, for example, can also be categorized as "bullying", so "bullying" is not just a
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