Perpetrators of School Violence: A Longitudinal Study of Bullying in German Schools (From Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Youth and Violence, P 187-203, 1998, Meredith W Watts, ed. -- See NCJ-180190)

• NCJ Number: 180196
• Author(s): Jurgen Zinnecker
• Editor(s): Meredith W. Watts
• Date Published: 1998
• Length: 17 pages
• Sale Source: Jai Press, Inc
• Publication Format: Book (Hardbound)
• Publication Type: Research (Applied/Empirical)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: *This document is currently unavailable from NCJRS.

Annotation

In Germany, a longitudinal panel was designed to describe the transition of students from elementary to secondary school; 306 children were interviewed in part to investigate bullying in school and multiple indicators of individual problems and risks.

Abstract

The students were interviewed in August 1993, October 1994, and October 1995. Interviews lasted about 1 hour, and usually took place in the home. Initially, the students were 10 to 14 years of age; at the time of the third wave (October 1995), the students were between 12 and 16 years of age. Students showed a relatively low stability of bullying behavior over the 3.5-year study period. Long-lasting bullying behavior during the school years was more or less strongly connected with other long-lasting characteristics of students, such as delinquent behavior, victimization, and living in a strained family environment. 43 references and 8 tables