Children's Health, Violence, and the Law: Bullying

The Cyberbullying Research Center is dedicated to providing up-to-date information about the nature, extent, causes, and consequences of cyberbullying among adolescents.

A U.S. federal government website, StopBullying.gov provides information from various government agencies on what bullying is, what cyberbullying is, who is at risk, and how you can prevent and respond to bullying.

The mission of the Megan Meier Foundation is to promote awareness, education and positive change in response to the issues surrounding bullying, cyberbullying and suicide.

-- The Davis (CA) Enterprise, February 3, 2016.

-- Canada's The Star newspaper, January 25, 2016.

Between ages 13 and 16, she sent me emails, from my own account, "reminding" me to kill myself. Well, I didn't—I grew up, and so did she. -- The Atlantic, September 30, 2014.

Explores the question, how should schools handle cyberbullying? -- The New York Times, June 27, 2010.

This 2015 report by the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network "examines the anti-bullying policies of all 13,181 school districts across the country. It provides the prevalence of anti-bullying policies in all U.S. school districts and whether state laws and guidance are being implemented at the district level. In addition, the report explores whether district policies: Protect students specifically on the basis of personal characteristics, such as sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, race and religion; Require professional development for educators on bullying and district accountability for incident reporting; and
Have an impact on school climate for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students."

Study finding that antibullying policies may represent effective intervention strategies for reducing students’ risk of being bullied and cyberbullied in schools.

A UIUC Undergraduate Library Subject Guide providing suggested resources and other information for beginning research on the topic Bullying.

Compiled by the National School Boards Association.

This document provides an overview, as of January 2012, of existing state anti-bullying laws, pending state and federal anti-bullying legislation, and other relevant federal and state laws. -- February 3, 2012, The Kinder & Braver World Project: Research Series (Danah Boyd and John Palfrey, editors),
brought to you by the Born This Way Foundation & the Berkman Center for Internet & Society
at Harvard University, and supported by the John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.