Introduction

Peer Violence is a behavior that is being shown in our schools more often. You can start with small quarrels that gradually increased to reach extremely violent actions. In recent years we have witnessed unfortunate events related to the conduct. This presentation shows the theme of Bullying as a violent behavior in school.

Bullying

The term bullying (Olweus, 1978) is now common in the literature on the topic of Bullying among schoolchildren, to refer the situation sustained, mental or physical, guided by an individual or a group, directed against another individual in the group who is unable to defend himself.

Types of Bullying
Physical Harassment: hitting, pushing, grabbing hair, biting. Verbal Harassment: Threats, insults, teasing about appearance, the way they dress, jeers for some physical impairment, make rumors, lies. Social Bullying: when excluded a group member to participate in activities. Cyberbullying: using technology to spread messages about the victim (e-mail, text messages, web pages).

Bullying Laws in Puerto Rico

Law Num. 256 from 2012

The Student Regulations for Public Education System include within its text, the following definition of the act of harassing and intimidating ("bullying"). This act shall be defined as any action taken intentionally, by any act, whether verbal, written or physical, that has the effect of intimidating students and interfere with children's education, their educational opportunity and performance in the classroom .

Bullying Laws in Puerto Rico

Law Project, Act No. 37 of 2008

As Bullying Law Project, Act No. 37 of 2008 , proposed by the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico as an amend of Article 16 of Law No. 149 of 1999 , known as the " General Council of Education Puerto Rico 1999 " in order to secure the renewal or issuance of licenses for operate private preschools , elementary, secondary , vocational, technical and high level skills to those institutions that have conclusively evidencing and implement policies and defined , specific and enforceable against the harassment and intimidation ( bullying ) among students protocols.

Bullying case on Puerto Rico

The most recent and notorious case took place on Ponce, Puerto Rico on march 2013, when a High school student assaulted other girl, videotape the crime and post it on Facebook. She was send to jail for six months and then a rehabilitation program.

Bullying Studies in Puerto Rico

Medina (2012), present a study in which she investigating the prevalence of bullying behavior, or bullying, in schools in Puerto Rico. As results, the study revealed a low incidence of this behavior in contrast to the image projected by the countrys media. Lugo (2013), describes the methodological design of a study that will analyze the causes, characteristics, effects and possible solutions for school violence prevention from the childrens perspective.
Mercado (2013), presented her study about bullying in preadolescents in Puerto Rico (PR). The results of this study indicated that twenty percent of all participants were victimized by bullying at least 2-3 times per month. On the other hand, 5% of participants said they had been a bully 2-3 times per month.

Conclusion

After this research we discovered that bullying is a delinquent behavior. Puerto Rico contemplate this conduct as a crime. As students, we should learn that we shouldnt do to others what dont like others do to us. This work teach us that bullying is a serious behavior that could send anyone to court, even to jail.

References

Lugo, E. (2013). Accin y transformacin para la prevencin de la violencia escolar a travs de la Investigacin Participativa de Base Comunitaria con nios y nias. Revista Puertorriquea de Psicologa Asociacin de Psicologa de Puerto Rico Vol. 24, 2013 Medina, M. (2012). El acoso, o bullying, en escuelas intermedias de la regin educativa de San Juan: Implicaciones para los consejeros profesionales. Cuaderno de investigacin en la educacin. Issn 1540-0786 Nmero 27 diciembre 2012 pp. 161-180 Mercado, M. (2013). "The Role of Connectedness and Religious Factors on Bullying Participation among Preadolescents in Puerto Rico" (2013). Graduate School Theses and Dissertations. Retrieved from: http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/4545