Introduction

The National Strategy for the Prevention of Crime was established as a plan of action of the Government of Canada to reduce crime and victimization, primarily using the approach to crime prevention through social development (CPSD). It is an approach that takes into account the social risk factors, underlying cultural and economic that can contribute to crime and victimization. As an agency responsible for implementation of the Strategy, the National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC), which falls under Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada, supports organizations and communities by providing knowledge and resources necessary to facilitate and support their efforts in crime prevention. NCPC's Strategic Plan for 2002-2003 to 2005-2006 indicates a need to collaborate with communities and partners to develop knowledge on priority issues, share and apply. Control programs against bullying in schools have been one of the priorities chosen because of the increasing recognition of bullying as a problem among young people and the capacity of the NCPC to provide useful ideas from its projects the fight against bullying from coast to coast in Canada.

About This Document

This document presents a short study by the NCPC in which we analyze programs against bullying in school, that is to say, promising practices, and the results of projects funded by the NCPC and recommendations on work done in this area.

The Aims of the Study Were

explore promising practices identified in academic research on initiatives against bullying;

examine the practical application of interventions to counter bullying in projects funded by the NCPC;

Compare research and practical applications to make recommendations about further work in this area;

Highlighting projects funded by the NCPC, which illustrate the elements of promising practices in a practical context

An inventory of tools and products available to fight against bullying that have been created by projects funded by the NCPC and which may be applicable elsewhere

The study, preventing bullying in school has two parts: first, a review of information from the outside to understand the issue of bullying in a Canadian context and to define elements of promising practices and secondly, a review of projects against school bullying in NCPC funded between 1998 and 2003, for a period of five years (Batsche, 165).

Definition of Bullying

The definition of bullying used in this report reflects the actions within an interpersonal relationship between a person or a dominant group and an individual or a group less dominant where:

An imbalance of power (real or perceived) is expressed through aggressive acts, physical or psychological (including verbal or social);

There are negative interactions that are either direct (face to face) or indirect (gossip, exclusion); offensive acts are committed with intent to cause harm and may include some or all of the following actions:

Physical acts (punching, kicking, biting)

Verbal acts (threats, insults, insults, racial or sexual comments)

Social exclusion (rumors, ignore or exclude anyone, backbiting).

In the early 1990s, Canadian researchers have begun collecting data to determine the prevalence of bullying in Canadian schools. Their studies have generally concluded that Canadian students, like students in other countries, suffered from bullying at school and at rates ...