Bullying

BULLYING
BY: GROUP 1
WHAT IS BULLYING?
Bullying is commonly defined as intentional, repeated harmful

acts, words, or other behavior, such as name calling, threatening,
and/or shunning, committed by one or more children against
another.
• The harmful acts or words are intentional.
• The acts or words are repeated.
• The acts are harmful and they can include a range of acts,
words, and other behaviors.
• The acts are committed by one or more persons
against another.
• Bullying may be physical, verbal, or emotional in nature.
4 TYPES OF BULLYING
• * PHYSICAL BULLYING
• * VERBAL BULLYING
• * EMOTIONAL BULLYING
• * CYBER BULLYING
PHYSICAL BULLYING
Physical bullying is the use of physical actions to intimidate and gain

control over a target. The physical actions are unwanted by the victim
and can either cause damage to their body or possessions. This
behavior is all too common in schools.
DIFFERENT TYPES OF PHYSICAL BULLYING
• * HITTING
• * PUSHING
• * SPITTING
• * TRIPPING
• * SLAPING
• * STEALING OR DESTROYING POSSESIONS
VERBAL BULLYING
Verbal bullying is a form of verbal abuse. It is intended to degrade,

demean, or insult the target person, which might affect their mental,
physical, emotional, and psychological health. A bully might make
comments about the appearance, gender, race, and weight of the bullied
EMOTIONAL BULLYING
• includes behaviors such as rejecting, extorting, humiliating, blackmailing,

rating/ranking of personal characteristics, manipulating friendships,
isolating, ostracizing, and peer pressure.
CYBER BULLYING
• Cyberbullying, sometimes referred to as electronic bullying,

can involve:
• sending mean, vulgar, or threatening messages or images
• posting sensitive, private information about another person
• pretending to be someone else in order to make that person look bad
• intentionally excluding someone from an online group
• Cyberbullying can be done using social media, e-mail, instant messaging, text or
digital imaging messages sent on cell phones, web pages, blogs, and chat rooms.
BULLYING AND CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR
• The definition of bullying in the Code of Virginia is “any aggressive

and unwanted behavior that is intended to harm, intimidate, or
humiliate the victim; involves a real or perceived power imbalance
between the aggressor or aggressors and victim; and is repeated over
time or causes severe emotional trauma. ‘Bullying’ includes cyber
bullying. ‘Bullying’ does not include ordinary teasing, horseplay,
argument, or peer conflict.” (Code of Virginia § 22.1-276.01)
Bullying is not considered a crime in the Code of Virginia.
However, the acts that are most often associated with bullying
are criminal offenses, including:
Assault and
Threat Battery
Harassment Robbery
Extortion Hazing
CRIMINAL ACTS ASSOCIATED WITH BULLYING
• Threat: A communication that threatens to kill or do bodily injury to a person or any

member of his or her family and places the person in reasonable fear of death or bodily
injury.
• Harassment: To repeatedly annoy or attack a person or group in such a way as to cause

anxiety or fear for safety. Several different types of harassment are against Virginia law.
• Extortion: Obtaining property from another person by using or threatening to use

violence or other criminal means to cause harm to a person, their reputation, or their
property.
• Assault and battery: Physical, harmful contact.
• Robbery: The taking, with intent to steal, of the personal
property of another, from his or her person or in his or her
presence, against his or her will, by violence or intimidation.
• Hazing: To recklessly or intentionally endanger the health or
safety of a student or to inflict bodily injury on a student in
connection with admission into a group.
HARM FROM BULLYING
• Bullying has often been dismissed as a normal part of growing

up. That isn’t the case. Bullying and the harm that it causes are
seriously underestimated.
• Bullying is a big deal.

WHERE MAY BULLYING BE COMMITTED?
• Bullying may happen at the following:

• School grounds;
• Property immediately adjacent to School grounds;
• School-sponsored or School-related activities, functions or programs whether on or off School grounds;
• School bus stops;
• School buses or other vehicles owned, leased or used by a School; or
• School buses or School services privately-owned but accredited by the School.
• Bullying may also occur at unrelated locations, functions or programs, through the use of technology or an
electronic device or other forms of media, regardless if such is owned, leased, or used by the School.
EFFECTS ON THE VICTIM
• Grades may suffer because attention is drawn away from

learning.
• Fear may lead to absenteeism, truancy, or dropping out.
• If the problem persists, victims sometimes feel compelled to

take drastic measures, such as vengeance in the form of
fighting back, bringing a weapon to school, or even suicide.
EFFECTS ON BYSTANDERS
• May be afraid to associate with the victim for fear of lowering their own
status or for fear of retribution from the bully and becoming victims
themselves.
• May fear reporting bullying incidents because they do not want to be

called a “snitch.”
• May experience feelings of guilt or helplessness for not standing up to the

bully on behalf of their classmate
EFFECTS ON THE BULLIES THEMSELF
• Studies have found that bullying in childhood may be an early sign of the
development of violent tendencies, delinquency, and criminality.
• One study found that boys identified as bullies in middle school were four
times as likely as their non-bullying classmates to have three or more
criminal convictions
by age 24.
ANTI BULLYING LAW
• Republic Act 10627, or the Anti-Bullying Act (the “Act”), aims to protect children

enrolled in kindergarten, elementary, and secondary schools and learning centers
(collectively, “Schools”) from being bullied. It requires Schools to adopt policies to
address the existence of bullying in their respective institutions.
HOW TO PREVENT BULLYING
• Help Kids Understand Bullying. Kids who know what bullying is can better identify it.
They can talk about bullying if it happens to them or others.
• Keep the Lines of Communication Open. Research tells us that children really do look to
parents and caregivers for advice and help on tough decisions.
• Encourage Kids to Do What They Love. Help kids take part in activities, interests, and
hobbies they like.
FACTS ABOUT BULLYING
• While hazing also involves aggression over a period, bullying excludes the victim from a
group while hazing is part of initiation of the victim into a group.
• Twenty-eight percent of young people from grades six through 12 have been the victim of
bullying.
• Teachers often underestimate how much bullying is occurring at their schools.
• Parents are aware their child is being bullied only about half the time.
WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED?
• Although bullying itself is not considered a crime, it often

involves criminal behavior.
• Bullying is harmful to everyone involved – not just the

person being bullied.
THAT’S ALL!!
THANK YOU EVERYONE!

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BULLYING

Bullying is commonly defined as intentional, repeated harmful

Physical bullying is the use of physical actions to intimidate and gain

Verbal bullying is a form of verbal abuse. It is intended to degrade,

• includes behaviors such as rejecting, extorting, humiliating, blackmailing,

• Cyberbullying, sometimes referred to as electronic bullying,

• The definition of bullying in the Code of Virginia is “any aggressive

• Threat: A communication that threatens to kill or do bodily injury to a person or any

• Harassment: To repeatedly annoy or attack a person or group in such a way as to cause

• Extortion: Obtaining property from another person by using or threatening to use

• Bullying has often been dismissed as a normal part of growing

• Bullying is a big deal.

• Bullying may happen at the following:

• Grades may suffer because attention is drawn away from

• If the problem persists, victims sometimes feel compelled to

• May fear reporting bullying incidents because they do not want to be

• May experience feelings of guilt or helplessness for not standing up to the

• Republic Act 10627, or the Anti-Bullying Act (the “Act”), aims to protect children

• Although bullying itself is not considered a crime, it often

• Bullying is harmful to everyone involved – not just the

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