SOCIAL CONTEXT AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF PEER VIOLENCE AND BULLYING
SOCIAL CONTEXT AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF PEER VIOLENCE AND BULLYING

Summary/Abstract: This paper will deal with peer violence and bullying problem which is present in all schools. The differences between countries in this regard can only be seen in prevalence, frequency of specific forms of school violence and its acuity. This is not only a current but an alarming problem as well, which requires reduction and resolution. Family and society crises have lead to the appearance of physical forms of violence in schools. The domain and forms of peer violence and bullying are not only the symptoms of school crisis, but also the loss of identity of school, teachers (low-quality teachers) and their profession, and also students’ identity. Sharp social inequality in society encourages school violence and ethnical intolerance and conflicts, although it is not the basis for violence in society and in school. Of course, school as a social institution is a source of symbolical violence, through organization and management, but also through authoritarian teaching styles, syllabuses, textbooks, “hidden” syllabus. All this contributes to school violence which complements violence in family, on the street and violence in mass media. Of course, there is no way to recognize a victim, so this paper cannot answer all the questions related to this problem, but rather it should be dealt with systematically with the help of all relevant social subjects who are directly or indirectly involved in the educating process.

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