Confronting school bullying : kids, culture, and the making of a social problem /

Cohen, Jeffrey W.

Confronting school bullying : kids, culture, and the making of a social problem / Jeffrey W. Cohen and Robert A. Brooks. - vii, 251 pages 24 cm. - Social problems, social constructions . - Social problems, social constructions. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-239) and index.

Bullying and the shifting construction of a social problem -- Bullying as an individual pathology -- From personal pathology to collective crisis -- From collective crisis to collective failure -- Gender and social control -- Constructing the gay victim -- The anti-bullying industry -- Finding comfort in complexity.

9781626371521 (hc : alk. paper) 1626371520 (hc : alk. paper)

2014014361


Bullying in schools.
Bullying in schools--Prevention.
Bullying in schools.
Bullying in schools--Prevention.

LB 3013.3 / .C537 2014