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OverviewWith the increased recognition of the devastating effects of bullying, there is now a tremendous amount of information available on its prevalence, associated factors, and the evaluation data on well known school-wide anti-bullying education, prevention, and intervention programs. Yet numerous complex issues span individual and societal variables---including individual characteristics and vulnerability, peer and family relationships and dynamics, classroom and school milieus, and stigma and discrimination---making the task of understanding, assessing, and responding to bullying on the ground complicated for researchers and nearly impossible for school-based practitioners. Untangling some of the thorny issues around what causes and constitutes bullying, including how to think differently about overlapping phenomena such as racism, sexism, homophobia, or sexual harassment, Faye Mishna presents an exhaustive body of empirical and theoretical literature in such a way as to be accessible to both students and practitioners. Chapters will equip readers to think critically about contexts, relationships, and risk and protective factors that are unique to individual students and schools, and to effectively assess and design multi-level interventions for a variety of aggressive behaviors. Paying particular attention to emerging types of victimization, such as cyber bullying, and to vulnerable groups, such as LGBTQ youth and students with disabilities, Mishna distills the key elements of successful interventions with both victims and aggressors and includes case examples and practice principles throughout.The result is an integrated, nuanced synthesis of current and cutting-edge scholarship that will appeal to students, practitioners, and researchers in social work, education, and psychology. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Faye Mishna (Dean, Professor, and The Margaret and Wallace McCain Family Chair in Child and Family, University of Toronto Faculty of Social Work)Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc Dimensions: Width: 16.30cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.60cm Weight: 0.427kg ISBN: 9780199795406ISBN 10: 0199795401 Pages: 224 Publication Date: 14 April 2012 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviews<br> With so many books on bullying available, one might wonder what a new book can add that is new or different. Bullying, by noted bullying scholar Dr. Faye Mishna, approaches this complex problem from the perspective of relationships, which gives the reader additional important insights into this important problem behavior. Dr. Mishna's research has made a significant contribution to the field of bullying research; this new book provides a nuanced look at bullying in a highly readable book suitable for a variety of audiences. Scholars and practitioners alike will benefit from the valuable material presented in this new volume, which will occupy a prominent position on my bookshelf. -- Sheri Bauman, PhD, University of Arizona <br><p><br> This is an excellent text for students, practitioners, and researchers in this important area. It combines an integrative review of the literature and most pertinent research findings with a great attention to the human story that unfolds when bulli Author InformationFaye Mishna, PhD, is Professor and Dean at the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work at the University of Toronto. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |