Introduction
Bullying is an antisocial behavior which can make an individual turn from being civil and engaging into various inhuman atrocities. Failing to eliminate bullying can gradually make offenders to engage in social deviances in future.
- Identify the most important step in the student’s guide to research that you would need in order to analyze bullying.
The most important step is locating and evaluating the research sources since it improves the understanding of the research topic and the various discussions that relate to it. It involves gathering the necessary background information after having understood the topic which will make it possible to find sources. It also involves narrowing the research to include topics to be used in thesis using some key specific words. Evaluating located sources involves examining them to determine the ones that are most appropriate and reliable for the topic and classifying them into primary sources and secondary sources that help in interpretation of primary texts( Bronson & Davis, 2012).
- Define the identified critical step of research in your own words.
Locating and evaluating research sources means finding out the ones with relevant information about bullying by carrying out a rigorous research about the intended discussion. Finding the sources involves searching through research links or physical libraries where information may be available on link between bullying and issues such as genocide. Evaluation means reviewing which of the located sources contain sufficient and evidenced based information on bullying and especially past research done on the topic
- Explain how bullying relates to ONE of the following topics:
Bullying can be explained in terms of social deviance, where an individual engages in bullying others so that they engage in an action that is regarded as outside the social norm. The antisocial behavior such as such criminal or sexual deviance develops gradually from the bullying when one’s conscience fails to recognize that this is an antisocial behavior (Hay, Meldrum & Mann, 2010). People learn from their surroundings to engage in demeaning others through bullying after they consider them no good enough to be human and this gradually translate into hate, gossips and rumor mongering. To a bully, it is possible for them to move from being civil or human to engaging in various social deviances such as genocidal behavior (TEDx Talks, 2014). When the habit of bullying is not eliminated, it can lead to atrocities such as sexual deviance or genocide.
References
Bronson, D. E., & Davis, T. S. (2012). Finding and evaluating evidence: Systematic reviews and evidence-based practice. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
TEDx Talks, (2014).From school yard bullying to genocide: Barbara Coloroso at TEDxCalgary. Retrieved from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkG0nssouFg
Hay, C., Meldrum, R., & Mann, K. (2010). Traditional bullying, cyber bullying, and deviance: A general strain theory approach. Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, 26(2), 130-147.
