Understanding the Link Between Childhood Bullying and Sexual Violence

lknox — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 18:29:55 +0000

Alana Vivolo-Kantor and Kathleen Basile, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Violence Prevention and Dorothy Espelage, Department of Educational Psychology, University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois

Most experts acknowledge that bullying is a serious problem that has negative consequences for both perpetrators and victims. However, we know very little about how bullying early in life affects future behaviors.

Several years ago, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention began a partnership with researchers at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign to better understand how bullying may lead to sexual violence. When we say “sexual violence,” we are talking about one specific type, sexual harassment, which does not include forcible acts like rape.

Specific Groups

Harassment

LGBT Youth

Research

Violence

Defending Childhood: Challenging Our Perceptions on Bullying

rellis — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 05:00:00 +0000

Stephanie Rapp, Department of Justice

Participants at the Grand Forks Defending Childhood Site learn more about bullying intervention strategies.

In 2010, Attorney General Eric Holder launched the Defending Childhood initiative to address children’s exposure—as victims and as witnesses—to violence. He hopes to change our perceptions of violence and abuse, make the topic an issue on the national level, and address how abuse and violence affect children. He understands that violence can follow and wound children throughout their lives. We need to address abuse and