Synopses & Reviews
A comparative account carried out by educationalists and researchers of the major intervention projects against school bullying since the 1980s.
Table of Contents
Preface; 1. Working to prevent school bullying: key issues Ken Rigby, Peter K. Smith and Debra Pepler; 2. The Olweus Bullying Prevention Program: design and implementation issues and a new national initiative in Norway Dan Olweus; 3. Is the direct approach to reducing bullying always the best? David Galloway and Erling Roland; 4. Implementation of the Olweus bullying prevention program in the Southeastern United States Susan P. Limber, Maury Nation, Allison J. Tracy, Gary B. Melton and Vicki Flerx; 5. Prevention of bullying in German schools: an evaluation of an anti-bullying approach Reiner Hanewinkel; 6. England: the Sheffield project Peter K. Smith, Sonia Sharp, Mike Eslea and David Thompson; 7. Making a difference in bullying: evaluation of a systemic school-based program in Canada Debra Pepler, Wendy M. Craig, Paul OâConnell, Rona Atlas and Alice Charach; 8. Interventions against bullying in Flemish schools: programme development and evaluation Veerle Stevens, Paulette van Oost and Ilse de Bourdeaudhuij; 9. SAVE model: an anti-bullying intervention in Spain Rosario Ortega, Rosario Del Rey and JoaquÃn A. Mora-Merchán; 10. Australia: the Friendly Schools project Donna Cross, Margaret Hall, Greg Hamilton, Yolanda Pintabona and Erin Erceg; 11. The Expect Respect project: preventing bullying and sexual harassment in U.S. elementary schools Barri Rosenbluth, Daniel J. Whitaker, Ellen Sanchez and Linda Anne Valle; 12. A follow-up survey of anti-bullying interventions in the comprehensive schools of Kempele in 1990 1998 Maila Koivisto; 13. Targeting the group as a whole: the Finnish anti-bullying intervention Christina Salmivalli, Ari Kaukiainen, Marinus Voeten and Mirva Sinisammal; 14. Ireland: The Donegal Primary Schools anti-bullying project Astrid Mona OâMoore and Stephen James Minton; 15. Bernese program against victimization in kindergarten and elementary school Françoise D. Alsaker; 16. Looking back and looking forward: implications for making interventions work effectively Debra Pepler, Peter K. Smith and Ken Rigby.