 Introduction to

BULLYING.
 Types of Bullying.
 Bullying culture.
 Effects of Bullying.
 Laws against
Bullying.
 Solutions against
Bullying.
Use superior strength or
influence to intimidate
(someone), typically to
force them to do
something.
 Physical bullying
 Verbal bullying
 Social bullying
 Cyber bullying
Physical bullying includes
hitting, kicking, tripping,
pinching and pushing or
damaging property. Physical
bullying causes both short
term and long term damage.
 Verbal bullying includes name
calling, insults, teasing,
intimidation, homophobic or racist
remarks, or verbal abuse. While
verbal bullying can start off
harmless, it can escalate to levels
which start affecting the individual
target.
 Social bullying, sometimes referred to as covert bullying,
is often harder to recognize and can be carried out behind
the bullied person's back. It is designed to harm someone's
social reputation and/or cause humiliation. Social bullying
includes:
 lying and spreading rumours
 negative facial or physical gestures, menacing or
contemptuous looks
 playing nasty jokes to embarrass and humiliate
 mimicking unkindly
 encouraging others to socially exclude someone
 damaging someone's social reputation or social acceptance.
 Cyber bullying can be overt or covert bullying behaviours
using digital technologies, including hardware such as
computers and smartphones, and software such as social
media, instant messaging, texts, websites and other online
platforms.
 Cyber bullying can happen at any time. It can be in public
or in private and sometimes only known to the target and
the person bullying. Cyber bullying can include:
 Abusive or hurtful texts emails or posts, images or videos
 Deliberately excluding others online
 Nasty gossip or rumours
 Imitating others online or using their log-in
 The culture of bullying in schools is directly related
to the climate of a school's community. Social
interactions, including bullying, do not happen
without the presence of particular setting. Although a
school may promote positive behavior, in order to
eliminate bullying, a school must create a positive
setting outside the school and throughout the
community. Many Educators know there needs to be
a change, but no one knows how to go about it.
There have been anti-bullying programs set up in
schools, but they are all "trial and error" based.
 Bullying can affect everyone—those
who are bullied, those who bully, and
those who witness bullying. Bullying is
linked to many negative outcomes
including impacts on mental health,
substance use, and suicide. It is
important to talk to kids to determine
whether bullying—or something else—
is a concern.
 Kids who are bullied can experience negative physical, school,
and mental health issues. Kids who are bullied are more likely to
experience:
 Depression and anxiety, increased feelings of sadness and
loneliness, changes in sleep and eating patterns, and loss of
interest in activities they used to enjoy. These issues may persist
into adulthood.
 Health complaints
 Decreased academic achievement—GPA and standardized test
scores—and school participation. They are more likely to miss,
skip, or drop out of school.
 A very small number of bullied children might retaliate through
extremely violent measures. In 12 of 15 school shooting cases in
the 1990s, the shooters had a history of being bullied.
 Kids who bully others can also engage in
violent and other risky behaviors into
adulthood. Kids who bully are more likely
to:
 Abuse alcohol and other drugs in
adolescence and as adults
 Get into fights, vandalize property, and
drop out of school
 Have criminal convictions and traffic
citations as adults
 Kids who witness bullying are more likely
to:
 Have increased use of tobacco, alcohol,
or other drugs
 Have increased mental health problems,
including depression and anxiety
 Miss or skip school
 Anti-ragging Laws :
 Arresting: India’s anti-ragging laws lead to
immediate arrests of those who are caught
ragging.
 FIR: The victim can avail thirteen provisions
under Indian Penal Code if he has been ragged or
bullied and can register an FIR (first information
report) in the police station under the area where
the crime has taken place. The person can apply
various Indian section of Laws.
 Section 294– Obscene acts and songs
 Section 339– Wrongful restraint
 Section 340– Wrongful confinement
 Section 341– Punishment for wrongful
restraint
 Section 342– Punishment for wrongful
confinement
 Section 506– Punishment for criminal
intimidation
 Section 323– Punishment for voluntarily causing hurt
 Section 324– Voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or
means
 Section 325– Punishment for voluntarily causing grievous hurt
 Section 326– Voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapons
or means
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 In a case where victim has lost his/her life:
 Section 304– Punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to
murder
 Section 306– Abetment of suicide
 Section 307– Attempt to murder
 However these UGC anti-ragging measures and the laws of IPC are
not applied to schools.
 Six simple solutions:
 If you are being bullied: tell them to stop, get away from
the situation, and tell a trusted adult.
 If you see someone being bullied, be an upstander: Tell the
person to stop, get a trusted adult, reach out and be friends.
 With your children: Listen and support your children. Work
with the school to be sure your child is safe.
 In Your School: Learn and help train all adults and youth
on how to recognize and respond to bullying.
 With Others Who Care: Start a Not In Our School Anti-
bullying Club where youth lead in finding solutions.
 In Your School and the Entire Community: Create an
identity-safe climate where all people are respected.