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Includes bibliographical references and index.--Dirty looks and taunting notes are just a few examples of girl bullying that girls and women have long suffered through silently and painfully. With this book Rachel Simmons elevated the nation's consciousness and has shown millions of girls, parents, counselors, and teachers how to deal with this devastating problem. Poised to reach a wider audience in paperback, including the teenagers who are its subject, Odd Girl Out puts the spotlight on this issue, using real-life examples from both the perspective of the victim and of the bully.

Includes bibliographical references and index. --"Cyberbullying in social media is one of the most important concerns in educational institutions at the K-12 and higher education levels today. Cyberbullying is complicated because it involves children, parents, and other family members as well as society at-large. It hurts the victim, the cyberbully, their families, their friends, others at and beyond the school, and our American society in countless direct and indirect ways educationally, emotionally, mentally, physically, socially, and in some cases it takes the victim s life away. Sometimes the results of cyberbullying are intentional, other times the results are unintended. This book presents the information from the collaborative efforts and perspectives of a current school district superintendent who has researched and worked day-to-day with the issues, and an attorney currently dealing with the legal issues relevant to cyberbullying. This book is helpful to students, parents, educators, mental and medical health professionals, and attorneys who work with the misery, fears, terror and other consequences of cyberbullying in social media."

"Description: Nature of bullying. What we know about school bullying / Theoretical perspectives on the continuities of bullying over time / Interface between bullying and crime. Boundaries of bullying : when does bullying behavior become criminal? / Homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying in schools / Contested and complex terrain : sexual violence in UK schools / Exploring the nature and extent of hate crime in schools and interventions to combat it / Bullying of religious minorities and asylum seekers / Bullying : its impact on emotional health and well-being. Bullied child in the vulnerable adult : therapeutic work with adults bullied in childhood / Addressing the mental health and emotional needs of children who bully / Moderating role of father acceptance in the relationship between victimization and depressive symptoms / Social and cultural context which challenge or promote school bullying. Bullying and social media / Fostering resilience in vulnerable children / Bullying and resilience within a neoliberal framework : implications for mental health and well-being / School culture as a determinant of bullying : exploring the participant roles / Effective interventions and policies to counteract school bullying. Paper tiger or effective guidelines : the use of policies and procedures to address school bullying / Reducing school bullying : a whole-school approach / Convivencia : a strategy that prevents school bullying and promotes emotional health and well-being / Impact of social and emotional training (SET) on school bullying in Palestine and Sweden / Commentaries and epilogue. Continuities into the university / Continuities into the workplace : what can we learn from research into workplace bullying? / Perspective of the Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator (SENCO) / Implications and considerations for future research in the field of young people's mental health /"

"Workplace Bullying and Mobbing in the United States provides a comprehensive overview of the nature and scope of the problem of workplace bullying and mobbing. By tapping the knowledge of a breadth of subject experts and interpreting contemporary survey data, this resource examines the impact of bullying and mobbing on targets; identifies what constitutes effective prevention and intervention; surveys the legal landscape for addressing the problem, from both American and (for multinational employers) transnational perspectives; and provides an analysis of key employment sectors with practical recommendations for prevention and amelioration of these behaviors. --Publisher's website."

Includes bibliographical references and index.---"This important text presents bullying as a health issue and proposes effective strategies for diagnosis, treatment, and prevention based on current scientific research of aggressive behaviors. A bibliography that includes useful sources such as the U.S. Secret Service Report investigating school attacks, early research into bullying and youth behavior, and work by leading experts in the field. A glossary defines terms such as fatalistic suicide, diffusion of responsibility, and provocative victim. A list of resources directs readers to further information on treatment and prevention for those struggling with mental health problems due to bullying."

"Hate Crimes in Cyberspace reveals the serious emotional, professional, and financial harms incurred by victims. Persistent online attacks disproportionately target women and frequently include detailed fantasies of rape as well as reputation-ruining lies and sexually explicit photographs. And if dealing with a single attacker's "revenge porn" were not enough, harassing posts that make their way onto social media sites often feed on one another, turning lone instigators into cyber-mobs. Hate Crimes in Cyberspace rejects the view of the Internet as an anarchic Wild West, where those who venture online must be thick-skinned enough to endure all manner of verbal assault in the name of free speech protection, no matter how distasteful or abusive. Cyber-harassment is a matter of civil rights law, Citron contends, and legal precedents as well as social norms of decency and civility must be leveraged to stop it."

Includes bibliographical references and index.--Victimization through the Internet is becoming more prevalent as cyber criminals have developed more effective ways to remain anonymous.Approaching the topic from a social science perspective, the book explores methods for determining the causes of computer crime victimization by examining an individual's lifestyle patterns. It also publishes the findings of a study conducted on college students about online victimization. Advances in information and communications technologies have created a range of new crime problems that did not exist two decades ago. Opportunities for various criminal activities to pervade the Internet have led to the growth and development of cyber criminology as a distinct discipline within the criminology framework. This volume explores all aspects of this nascent field and provides a window on the future of Internet crimes and theories behind their origins.