Citation

Brough R, Sills J. Arch. Dis. Child. 2006; 91(2): 202.

Affiliation

Department of Rheumatology, Royal Liverpool Children’s Hospital–Alder Hey, Eaton Road, Liverpool L12 2AP, UK; richardbrough@gmail.com

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, BMJ Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1136/adc.2005.086793

PMID

16428378

PMCID

PMC2082701

Abstract

Bullying, both physical and verbal, has been a part of the lives of children and adults for many years. This report presents a discussion of several new and modern methods. We refer to so-called 'happy slapping', where a young person is assaulted, and one of the bully’s friends records the event on a mobile phone. This video is then circulated among the peer group to allow the event to be relived, furthering the bullying. The issue of bullying by website is also discussed.