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Introduction to School Bullying and Inequality

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Anthony A. Peguero ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-4541-865X 4 &
Jun Sung Hong ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0003-2816-9900 5

Part of the book series: Springer Series on Child and Family Studies ((SSCFS))

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In this introductory Chap. 1 , we provide an overview about how this book will review sociological, psychological, criminological, and educational research literature pertaining to school bullying and the associated experiences in bullying and school violence among vulnerable and marginalized youth. It also examines how inequality associated with socioeconomic and social status, family cohesion and interactions, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression, race, ethnicity, immigration, and religion, and disabilities and special health needs are significantly associated with youth’s experiences in bullying and presents how a social-ecological framework can inform the problem and address school bullying. This book seeks to bridge gaps in knowledge by addressing not only the individual, intrapersonal, and environmental factors, but also distal level factors and conditions that are specifically relevant to youth, such as culture and law as well as contextualize relevant multi-level factors that foster or inhibit bullying victimization among vulnerable and historically marginalized children and adolescents who are faced with cumulative social inequality.

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Peguero, A.A., Hong, J.S. (2020). Introduction to School Bullying and Inequality. In: School Bullying. Springer Series on Child and Family Studies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-64367-6_1