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Bullying Should Be Taught In Schools

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"You've got to be taught to hate and fear. You've got to be taught from year to year. It's got to be drummed in your little dear ear. You've got to be carefully taught…Prejudice is not born in you. It happens after you are born" (Rogers & Hammerstein, 1949). The learning theory popularized by Edwin Sutherland in the 1940s, generalizes that individuals learn to participate in crime or misbehavior from exposure to attitudes and criminal behavior through association of those closest to them. (Gains & Miller, 2015). Sutherland reveals that learning criminal behavior is similar to the process of learning any other behavior. His theory is built upon the following key components: criminal behavior is learned, and criminal behavior is learned through …show more content…

In order to combat this issue schools must take action to stop the act before it starts. Although there are no federal policies in place for bullying curricula or staff training, there are steps schools can take to prevent and address bullying such as: integrating the topic of bullying prevention in activities and lessons, creating a positive school environment, implementing formal evidence-based curricula or programs, and training school staff and students on what the schools policies and rules are, how to enforce the rules, and what bullying is. If implemented correctly, children will be exposed to more positive than negative behavior, decreasing the number of students being bullied in public school …show more content…

United States the defendant, Antonie Jones was suspected of drug trafficking. Based on police evidence gathered a warrant was acquired. The warrant gave police 10 days to place a GPS tracking device on the defendants car in the District of Columbia. However, the police installed the GPS device on the defendants automobile in 11 days in Maryland. The police tracked the defendant for 28 days, in which they were able to obtain over 200 pages of data (Jones v. United States, 362 U.S. 257) Because the GPS device was not placed on the car within 10 days in the District of Columbia the GPS surveillance constituted an unlawful search and the exclusionary rule was applied making all evidence obtained

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