Citation

Smith PK. Child. Soc. 2000; 14(4): 294-303.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2000, National Children's Bureau of the United Kingdom, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/j.1099-0860.2000.tb00184.x

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

By the year 2000, the issue of school bullying has come to occupy a prominent role in the national consciousness of many countries. There has been considerable media publicity, many publications, a great deal of research, and the beginnings of successful school-based interventions to reduce bullying. In this article I define the term bullying, and discuss the history of the recent upsurge in interest and research. I then overview main findings concerning the nature of school bullying, the school-based intervention work so far, and the implications for future research and action.