Bullying Facts | Cyber Bullying Statistics

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Bullying affects everyone.

If anyone believes that bullying doesn’t take it’s toll on families, schools, and society take a look at the statistics below. Read through to the end and notice the cost for companies in dealing with this problem on the job.

Who is paying for all of this you may ask? School districts now are facing the necessity for adding bullying programs to their budgets.

That’s tax dollars that get spent just trying to make sure that people are treated with respect. Something we all should do freely, without the imposition of consequences.

60% of middle school students	Say that they have been bullied; while 16% of teaching staff believes bullying occurs.
160,000 students	Stay home from school everyday due to bullying. (NEA)
30% of students	Reported they had been bullied said they had at times brought weapons to school.
6 times	The amount of times more likely a bully is to be incarcerated by the age of 24.
5 times	The amount of times more likely to have a serious criminal record when he grows up.
2/3 of students	Who are "targets" of bullies, end up becoming bullies themselves.
20% of all children	Say they have been bullied.
20% of high school students	Say they have seriously considered suicide with the last 12 months.
25% of students	Say that teachers intervened in bullying incidents; while 71% of teachers say they intervened.
43% of students	Fear harassment in the bathroom at school.
282,000 students	Are physically attacked in secondary schools each month.
1 out of 5 kids	Admits to being a bully, or doing some "Bullying."
9 out of 10 LGBT students	Experienced harassment at school and online.
1 out of 4 teens	Are bullied every day.
1/3 of students	Said they heard another student threaten to KILL someone.
2 out of 3 students	Say they know how to make a bomb, or know where to get the information to do it.
43% of kids	Have been bullied while online; 1 in 4 have had it happen more than once.
97% of middle schoolers	Are bullied while onine.
Each average child	Has watched 8,000 televised murders and 100,000 acts of violence before finishing elementary school.
Bullying reduced by 50%	In all schools where there are bullying programs.
25 of 37 shootings	Listed bullying as a factor in school reviewed by the U.S. Secret Service.

According to the National Institute of Occupational Safety Health (NIOSH) (Sauter, et al.,1990), there is a loss of employment amounting to $19 billion and a drop in productivity of $3 billion due to workplace bullying.

Law enforcement costs related to bullying are enormous. Since 1999, the Office on Violence against Women (OVW) has spent $98 million in assistance to address campus sexual violence.

Sources for Bullying Facts and Statistics:
www.cdc.gov/ViolencePrevention/youthviolence/index.html
www.Olweus.org http://www.stopbullyingnow.hrsa.gov/
youthviolence.edschool.virginia.edu/violence-in-schools/national-statistics.html
behavioral-management.com/bullying-statistics