... is less visible due to it being less physical, it is very important that it is not ignored. One half of all violence against teenagers occurs in schools (NIDR, 1999, as cited in Weinhold & Weinhold, 2000) and it is thought that 80 to 90 percent of adolescents report some form of victimisation from a bully at school (Espelage, 1999, as cited in Weinhold & Weinhold, 2000). For a child to bully another, four criteria must be fulfilled. The child must have the intention to harm the victim. The behaviour can take place in physical (hitting, kicking) psychological (social exclusion, isolation) or verbal (name calling, threatening) forms. It must be a repeated action occurring over time. Much conflict between children is normal and is essential to their development of their coping strategies and learning experiences. It must also involve a real or perceived imbalance of power (physical or psychological) between ...

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