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Bullying

Empowering People Working with Youth to Understand and Prevent Racism

January 2024

This webinar, held on December 7, 2023, focused on the intersection of hate, identity-based bullying, and racial bias and how these negative behaviors affect African American youth. In their discussions, presenters provided tools and strategies to understand and combat racism and prevent identity-based bullying. This webinar is part of OJJDP's Preventing Youth Hate Crimes & Identity-Based Bullying Initiative.

New OJJDP Resource Helps Schools Implement Evidence-based Bullying Prevention Programs

Tuesday, November 29, 2016

By: Jennifer Tyson, Research Coordinator, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)

Schools across the U.S. frequently confront the issue of bullying among their student population. However, identifying the nature of a specific bullying problem (including its symptoms and causes) in a given school-and implementing solutions that work-is complicated. While research on evidence-based programs is helpful in guiding school personnel...