Stopping the Hate

Applying Insights on Bullying Victimization to Understand and Reduce the Emergence of Hate in Schools

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2291908
AutoresBrett Lehman (0000-0001-6203-6701, Auburn University at Montgomery, autor de correspondencia)
Año2019
Volumen89
Número3
Páginas532-555
Fecha de publicación2019-08-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSociological Inquiry (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0038-0245 • E-ISSN: 1475-682X
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/soin.12296
OpenAlexW2953256162
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7
Referencias citadas47

Scholars and educators study how the school climate influences aggressive behaviors like bullying. Far less research examines the relationship between school climate and hateful actions. This study addresses that gap by examining students' perceptions and observations of the school climate with a nationally representative sample of U.S. middle and high school students. These data include reports of hateful verbal victimization and observations of hateful words and symbols. While some speculate that bullying and hate are separate phenomena, results indicate that school climates which reduce bullying victimization also reduce this study's measures of hate. One difference is that the presence of security guards or police has no effect on bullying victimization while it is associated with increased reports of hateful incidents. The results are interpreted in light of current efforts to reduce school violence and concerns over the role of harsh punishment and law enforcement in school. While one cannot conclude that bullying and hate are empirically distinct from these findings, they point to strategies to combine formal social control and efforts to improve school climate through forming positive social bonds between students and authority figures. This can keep students safe from both violence and hate

Classroom climate · Criminology · Developmental psychology · Hate crime · Law enforcement · Pedagogy · Perception · Political science · Punishment (psychology) · School climate · School violence · Sociology · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression · Education Discipline and Inequality · Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology