"School-based Bullying"

we define "School-based Bullying" as persistent and recurrent psychological harm generated toward someone and perpetrated through aggressive acts at any school where there is a real or perceived power imbalance leading to emotional/physical stress in the victim. In addition, when we look at "Workplace Bullying," we see that it is identical to school-based bullying; and is characterized by its persistence and imbalanced power relationship. Where it differs from school-based bullying is the age of the perpetrators and the victims as well as the location. Next, we have "Cyberbullying." Cyberbullying is a form of relational bullying perpetrated though electronic mediums and intended to cause emotional harm, and sometimes encourage selfharm, to the victim. It is the newest form of bullying and is often difficult to deal with because of the anonymity of the perpetrator afforded by the electronic medium. We also have serial crimes around harassment based on sexual, racial, religious, disability, and sexual orientations of the victim(s). In your chapter readings, there are several Criminological theories to explain the "why" of these crimes. What theory seems most logical to you as a profiler when trying to determine the "why" and then how to detect the victimizer?