Preventing and Treating Bullying and Victimization

Research evidence on bully-victim problems has accumulated rapidly in recent years. From this there is little doubt that prolonged involvement in bullying as a perpetrator victim or not uncommonly as both a perpetrator and target of bullying conveys risk for many aspects of development. As in many emerging areas of psychological science diverse research efforts evolved more or less independently producing a very large and rich body of knowledge but making it difficult to gain a comprehensive integrated view of the overall evidence base. Preventing and Treating Bullying and Victimization looks across the sometimes disparate perspectives from school clinical and developmental researchers and professionals with an eye towards describing and integrating current knowledge into a guide for evidence-based practices and further research. The authors offer new directions for understanding this complex problem and for enhancing intervention approaches. This edited book is comprised of three sections: Theoretical Perspectives Assessment and Intervention and Recommendations for Policy Practice and Research. It is of interest to a number of professions and disciplines including clinical developmental counseling and school psychologists social workers school administrators and educators and public officials involved in setting policies.