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TITLE OF DOCUMENT:

School violence: Myth or Fact.

NAME OF AUTHOR(S):

R. Ortega and J. A. Mora-Merchán.

NAME OF PUBLISHER:

Mergablum, 2000.

LANGUAGE OF DOCUMENT:

Spanish

LANGUAGE OF THE REVIEW:

English

KEYWORDS:

Bullying, SAVE, bullies, victims, bystanders.

DOCUMENT TYPOLOGY:

Book

TARGET GROUP OF PUBLICATION:

Parents, Teachers, Researchers.

SIZE OF THE PUBLICATION:

Over 100 pages

DESCRIPTION OF CONTENTS:

This book presents the main results collected in SAVE Project, research carried out with a sample over 4000 students from Seville. The chapters try to define the characteristics of students involved in school bullying, the nature of the bullying episodes and an analysis of family and social life of bullies, victims and bystanders of bullying. It is also include a review of last contributions to this topic up to publication date.

REVIEWER’S COMMENTS ON THE DOCUMENT:

This is a very relevant book in Spain, especially because of the study sample size and also because is one of the widest works published with Spanish data about this topic. The results presented increase the knowledge about the nature of school bullying, the different forms of implication, and the analysis of family and social networks of students involved.

NAME OF THE REVIEWING ORGANISATION:

University of Seville