Criminology Explains School Bullying

Robert A. Brooks is Professor of Criminal Justice at Worcester State University. He is the author of Cheaper by the Hour: Temporary Attorneys and the Deprofessionalization of the Law and coauthor of Confronting School Bullying: Kids, Culture, and the Making of a Social Problem.Jeffrey W. Cohen is Associate Professor of Criminal Justice at the University of Washington Tacoma and coauthor of Confronting School Bullying: Kids, Culture, and the Making of a Social Problem.

• Introduction 1 • The Nature, Scope, and Response to School Bullying 2 • Deterrence, Rational Choice, and Victimization Theories3 • Micro-Level Theories4 • Social Structure Theories5 • Social Process Theories6 • Critical Criminology and Restorative Justice7 • Integrationist, Life Course, and Developmental Theories References Index

"Comprehensive, and an excellent resource for people wanting to gain a rounded insight into the various explanations for school bullying. . . . This is the first book of its kind that attends so thoroughly to this many theoretical explanations within the same resource.”