Social Control and Criminal Deviance: Bullying
Bullying can be defined as the coward act whereby students behave aggressive towards others on the basis of power imbalances. Bullying happens in schools and can take place in various forms in including alienation of some students from a certain social group, sexually, making threats, being racists and spreading bad rumors. Some students are bullied, others bully others and some even witness bullying as it takes place indicating that bullying is common in most schools.
Bullying is a habit and thus repeated over and over again by students (Lines, 2008). Bullying relates with other agents of socialization such as families and students thus hindering some students from enjoying good lives in schools. Students are bullied for various reasons such as gender, race, social status, religion, age, appearance, body size and so many factors. Bullying can take place either in form of groups or individually since it can happen either in schools or even in the places of work (Lines, 2008). The affected people suffer and can even get depressed since the situation is unfavorable for them. Bullying even affect the performance of students since the environment they are studying in is not favorable for them.
Bullying takes place in places where socialization happens such as in schools, places of work, families, homes and even in the neighborhoods. Bullying happens and affect people negatively especially those who are bullied sexually (Lines, 2008). Some people end up getting depressed and eventually commit suicide since they cannot handle those situations. People who were earlier bullied can end up becoming criminals thus committing crimes and being violent since they were not treated well during their earlier days. Other people feel that bullying can install virtues such as strength in individuals since bullied individuals learn how to remain strong throughout their lives.
References
Lines, D. (2008). The bullies: Understanding bullies and bullying. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
