NCJ Number
192865
Journal
Journal of Scandinavian Studies in Criminology and Crime Prevention Volume: 2 Issue: 1 Dated: 2001 Pages: 31-49
Date Published
2001
Length
19 pages
Annotation
This study used data from 2,915 youths 14-years-old in a Swedish county to examine the relationship between bullying in school and violence on the streets.
Abstract
The research examined whether bullying and victimization in school were products of the school situation and people’s inability to choose their levels of exposure to others or whether bullying was part of a more general aggressive behavior pattern and involved the same individual inside and outside the school. The participants completed self-report questionnaires. Results revealed that bullying others in school was strongly linked to violent behavior and weapon carrying on the streets among both males and females. In addition, bullying others in school related to being violently victimized on the streets. Findings remained the same when statistically controlling for loitering and nights spent away from home, both of which related to bullying behavior. The analysis concluded that bullying behavior in school was in many cases a part of a more general violent and aggressive behavior pattern and that preventive efforts that targeted individuals who were bullies at school could also decrease juvenile violence in the community. 50 references (Author abstract modified)