The Bully Society: School Shootings and the Crisis of Bullying in America’s Schools

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The Bully Society intersections Transdisciplinary Perspectives on Genders and Sexualities General Editors: Michael Kimmel and Suzanna Walters Sperm Counts: Overcome by Man’s Most Precious Fluid Lisa Jean Moore The Sexuality of Migration: Border Crossings and Mexican Immigrant Men Lionel Cantú, Jr. Edited by Nancy A. Naples and Salvador Vidal-Ortiz Moral Panics, Sex Panics: Fear and the Fight over Sexual Rights Edited by Gilbert Herdt Out in the Country: Youth, Media, and Queer Visibility in Rural America Mary L. Gray Sapphistries: A Global History of Love between Women Leila J. Rupp Strip Club: Gender, Power, and Sex Work Kim Price-Glynn Sex for Life: From Virginity to Viagra: How Sexuality Changes Throughout Our Lives Edited by Laura M. Carpenter and John DeLamater The Bully Society: School Shootings and the Crisis of Bullying in America’s Schools Jessie Klein The Bully Society School Shootings and the Crisis of Bullying in America’s Schools Jessie Klein a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS New York and London NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS New York and London www.nyupress.org© 2012 by New York University All rights reserved References to Internet websites (URLs) were accurate at the time of writing. Neither the author nor New York University Press is responsible for URLs that may have expired or changed since the manuscript was prepared. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Klein, Jessie. The bully society : school shootings and the crisis of bullying in America’s schools / Jessie Klein. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978–0–8147–4888–6 (cl : alk. paper) ISBN 978–0–8147–7149–5 (ebook) ISBN 978–0–8147–6371–1 (ebook) 1. Bullying—United States. 2. Bullying in schools—United States. 3. School shootings—United States. 4. School discipline—United States. I. Title. BF637.B85K584 2011 302.34'30973—dc23 2011039377 New York University Press books are printed on acid-free paper, and their binding materials are chosen for strength and durability. We strive to use environmentally responsible suppliers and materials to the greatest extent possible in publishing our books. Manufactured in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 To my children, my husband, and my mother, and to my father and his brother, my uncle, in loving memory This page intentionally left blank ...