"The findings run counter to the common perception that bullying prevention programs can help protect kids from repeated harassment or physical and emotional attacks.
"One possible reason for this is that the students who are victimizing their peers have learned the language from these anti-bullying campaigns and programs," said Seokjin Jeong, an assistant professor of criminology and criminal justice at UT Arlington and lead author of the study, which was published in the Journal of Criminology....
"Boys were more likely than girls to be victims of physical bullying, but girls were more likely to be victims of emotional bullying. A lack of involvement and support from parents and teachers was likely to increase the risk of bullying victimization. These findings are all consistent with prior studies.
"Notably, researchers found that race or ethnicity was not a factor in whether students were bullied."
http://phys.org/news/2013-09-youth-bullied-schools-anti-bullying.html
Jeong & Lee. (2013). "A Multilevel Examination of Peer Victimization and Bullying Preventions in Schools." Journal of Criminology. Full text.
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