Study Finds Victimization Rampant In Schools

Study Finds Victimization Rampant In Schools

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Study Finds Victimization Rampant In Schools

October 24, 2014 08:10:48 am

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Nearly half of students were exposed to bullying or worse forms of victimization in 2011, according to a new study in the Journal of School Violence.

Researchers for the study conducted a national telephone survey in 2012, of youth and parents, to assess exposure to in-school victimization during the previous year.

The study included assessments of 3,391 children and youth ages 5 to 17; nearly half of whom, 48 percent, had been exposed to at least one form of victimization.

The most reported form of victimization was intimidation/bullying (29.8 percent).