Three quarters of boys
are victims of violence at school and seven our of 10 will tell no-one.
According to the Taking Boys
Seriously report by the Centre for Young Men’s Studies in Northern Ireland, around
three quarters of boys experience violence in school (peaking at 84% in year 9)
and many or most will not tell anyone about the incident (peaking at 69% in
Year 11)
Prevalence of:
|
Year 8
|
Year 9
|
Year 10
|
Year 11
|
Year 12
|
Violent acts committed against them
|
74.6%
|
84.4%
|
80.9%
|
74.9%
|
72.3%
|
Did not talk about violent incident
|
48.8%
|
46.9%
|
44.1%
|
68.9%
|
66.8%
|
ADOLESCENT MALE
SCHOOL-LIFE EXPERIENCES IN NORTHERN IRELAND by Dr Ken Harland and Sam McCready Centre for Young Men’s Studies
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