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Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence 10/2013

01-10-2013 | Book Review

Jessie Klein: The Bully Society: School Shootings and the Crisis of Bullying in America’s Schools

The New York University Press, New York, NY, 2012, 307 pp, ISBN: 978-0-8147-48886

Auteur: Dawn Maynen

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence | Uitgave 10/2013

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Excerpt

In The bully society, Jessie Klein presents one of the most comprehensive analyses of the reports of 166 school shootings over three decades. Despite the broad time period the book encompasses, the reports present many similarities. The perpetrators in these school violence incidents targeted other students who have called them names or rejected them; or they have retaliated for the perceived injustices related to discipline or academic assessments done to them. Commonly known as “bullying”, Klein attempts to share the stories of those who have been bullied or have witnessed bullying incidents to highlight the bullying issue that is facing today’s youth. Klein frames “bullying” as one of the most significant concerns among children today, and ultimately a predictor in school shootings. …
Literatuur
go back to reference Farmer, T. W., Hamm, J. V., Leung, M.-C., Lambert, K., & Gravelle, M. (2011). Early adolescent peer ecologies in rural communities: Bullying in schools that do and do not have a transition during the middle grades. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 40(9), 1106–1117.PubMedCrossRef Farmer, T. W., Hamm, J. V., Leung, M.-C., Lambert, K., & Gravelle, M. (2011). Early adolescent peer ecologies in rural communities: Bullying in schools that do and do not have a transition during the middle grades. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 40(9), 1106–1117.PubMedCrossRef
go back to reference Klein, J. (2012). The bully society: School shootings and the crisis of bullying in America’s schools. New York: The New York University Press. Klein, J. (2012). The bully society: School shootings and the crisis of bullying in America’s schools. New York: The New York University Press.
Metagegevens
Titel
Jessie Klein: The Bully Society: School Shootings and the Crisis of Bullying in America’s Schools
The New York University Press, New York, NY, 2012, 307 pp, ISBN: 978-0-8147-48886
Auteur
Dawn Maynen
Publicatiedatum
01-10-2013
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Journal of Youth and Adolescence / Uitgave 10/2013
Print ISSN: 0047-2891
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-6601
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-013-0001-y

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