According to a Unicef survey, nearly 12% of primary schoolchildren are victims of harassment.
Highly publicized, school violence, also called “school bullying”, is not however new. ” Specialists have been reporting on the subject since the 1970s. It was at this time that youth violence at school was identified as a social problem.
“Scapegoats, because of a simple difference (physical, dress …), have always existed in establishments”, explains Georges Fotinos. ” School violence is simply more visible than it used to be and takes different forms. We are seeing more and more small and multiple daily violence. Incivility is also increasingly important. The insults uttered by children are very virulent. “
According to the specialist, “ the accumulation of these petty violence has degraded, over time, school climate and the relationship between pupils, and pupils and teachers. Without forgetting that today, the values carried by the family often differ from those recognized by school life. School then becomes the place where children meet social rules for the first time. And very often, schoolchildren translate this lack of benchmarks into violence.