Jessie Klein - Bullying

Bullying

Bullying

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Klein, Jessie, author.

Title: Bullying : a reference handbook / Jessie Klein.

Description: Santa Barbara, CA : ABC-CLIO, 2020. | Series: Contemporary world issues | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2019042640 (print) | LCCN 2019042641 (ebook) | ISBN 9781440855221 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781440855238 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Bullying. | BullyingPrevention. | CyberbullyingPrevention.

Classification: LCC BF637.B85 K54 2020 (print) | LCC BF637. B85 (ebook) | DDC 302.34/3dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019042640

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019042641

ISBN: 978-1-4408-5522-1 (print)

978-1-4408-5523-8 (ebook)

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For my great loves, Justin, Lev, and Susan, and for my inspiring and loving mother, Daisy, and father, Louis.

And to you readers: Keep researching and sharing kindness and compassion. We need all hands on deck to stop bullying.

Contents

Robin Tutt, manager of editorial operations at ABC-CLIO, went above and beyond. While I dealt with family emergencies, Robin was understanding and compassionate, provided consistently excellent editorial feedback, and worked tirelessly, directly and indirectly, especially for , in the service of this book. She is the phenomenal backbone of the project, and I am grateful for and awed by her contributions.

Catherine M. Lafuente, ABC-CLIO acquisitions editor, Michelle Scott, ABC-CLIO production editor, Angel Daphnee, Amnet project manager, and Hollianna Bryan, copyeditor, did exceptional work in their respective roles and made this a better book.

The ABC-CLIO marketing team continues to get the word out about this important topic and adjusted to new timetables as needed.

I am grateful to my research assistants, Anara Katz and Ashley Ajay, remarkable high school students, and to my A+ Adelphi University student, now graduate, Victoria Caracci, who worked quickly to make messy notes into crisp references, found missing information, and checked over the whole of them.

Tracy Wuischpard and Jean Casella were devoted editors on early drafts. Jean Casella, friend and mentor, also contributed crucial insights. David Callahan, my loving, loyal, and erudite friend, offered critical guidance and advice.

John Sanbonmatsu, animal rights activist and scholar at Worchester Polytechnic University, treasured and esteemed friend, mentored me on the relationship between animal abuse and bullying, with resources, references, links, articles, books, and videos.

Adelphi University granted a year-long sabbatical, a faculty development grant, and funds from the Center for Health Innovation for my research on this and related work and for my bullying prevention/intervention program, Creating Compassionate Communities. I am especially grateful to Liz Cohn, former director of the Center for Health Innovation, and Meghan McPherson, assistant director of the Center for Health Innovation; and to Susan Briziarelli, assistant provost for global affairs; Catherine Cleaver, executive director of the American Association of University Professors; Perry Greene, former vice president for diversity and inclusion; Sam Grogg, interim provost and executive vice president; and the members of my Sociology/Criminal Justice Department: department chair Jacqueline Johnson; director of the Criminal Justice Program Stephanie Lake; Professors Giovani Burgos, Melanie Bush, Deborah Little, Jackie Olvera, and Sal Primeggia, administrative assistant Sarah Avery, and also our wonderful adjunct professors.

Claudia Heilbrunn continues to be my outstanding and brilliant bedrock with the extraordinary Craig Katz and sharp Christine Foertsch.

Shayna Cauls powerful, otherworldly direction is beyond words.

Roberta Malles is a wonderful friend and daily support. The world is better for her compassion, humor, and loyal heart, and I am too.

I am grateful to the people who contributed essays in . They work hard in programs, scholarship, and activism to transform bully societies into compassionate communities.

I thrive on the care and love I experience in Maine, the poetic life there, the culture of generosity and kindness, and my warm and wonderful friend-family.

The late Russ Lancaster and Roger Tripp Sr., noble and generous, contributed friendship and sustenance. I miss Rogers gardens, wisdom, and stop-by-talks. Russs love, encouragement, companionship, and understanding often kept me going. I am grateful to their families for helping to keep their spirits alive.

My mother, Daisy Menkes Klein, is proud and enthusiastic about my endeavors, even in the midst of her medical setbacks. A holocaust refugee/survivor, one of the first U.S. female electrical engineers, a leader in womens rights and peace movements, and a runner of six marathons until she was seventy, she continues to enliven me.

The memories of my father, Louis Klein, and Uncle Milty are a blessing. I know my father would be moved by these efforts to stop bullying, and I feel his love, support, and care and my uncles warm enthusiasm.

My brother, Franklin Klein, also made this book possible. Together we care for our mother, and our partnership allowed me the time to complete this book. A kind, ethical, and loving man, so much like our gentle father, he heartens me daily. And to Kathy and Elias Klein, for being our family.

Judith Canada, Eva Bitter, Marjorie Anderson, Carol Percival, Jae Lopez, Andria and Bridget Nelson, and my childhood friend Jeremy Rosen go above and beyond with extraordinary care to help our mother. And of course, Anna Panurach contributes clarity, order, and warmth.

Tiffany Vasilchik and Paul Heubeck, who by making life happier, easier, and friendlier, free up some mind clutter and help me focus.

My husband, Justin Leites, and my children, Lev and Susan, are my greatest joys. Lev and Susans wise souls, kind and empathetic ways, sharp wit, creative and righteous ideas, fierce independence, and sweet precious loveeach in their own beautiful waysstrengthen me more than they know.

I am grateful for the love they share with me every day. With them; our dog, Pokey; our cat, Seymour; the rabbits, Cutie and Frannie (and our beloved late Isabelle); and the two hamsters, I consider myself blessed to have such a large and happy interspecies family.

Most gratitude goes to my husband. In addition to being a gentle and uplifting soul, he is my steadfast loving base, ethical underpinning, and supportive and devoted partner who keeps me laughing and on my toes. He read over every page of this manuscript in its late stages with his widely celebrated editing care. Thank you Pookie.

As a parent, I have seen the impact of bullying and the parallel agony caregivers experience when their children endure persistent teasing, social exclusion, pushing, name-calling, assault, and moresometimes for years. When it comes close to home, I am also reminded of my own difficult childhood experiences and the havoc bullying wreaked.