Cyber bullying has become a significant issue for young people as they interact increasingly through social media. Yet the legal status of cyberbullying is unclear and there is little evidence on which policy makers can draw to inform the management of cyberbullying in Australia. This project aims to fill an urgent gap by collecting evidence relating to youth exposure to, and management of, cyberbullying incidents in Australia, with a view to informing future policy directions and responses to cyber-bullying.
From now until April we are recruiting principals and teachers to complete a short 20 minute online survey to canvass views on the desirability of whether to create a new, separate cyber-bullying offence; the potential impact of such a new, simplified criminal offence and/or civil enforcement regime and how such an offence or regime could be implemented, in conjunction with the existing criminal offences, to have the greatest material deterrence effect.
Cyber bullying has become a significant issue for young people as they interact increasingly through social media. Yet the legal status of cyberbullying is unclear and there is little empirical evidence on which policy makers can draw to inform the management of cyberbullying in Australia. This project aims to fill an urgent gap by collecting evidence relating to youth exposure to, and management of, cyberbullying incidents in Australia, with a view to informing future policy directions and responses to cyber-bullying.
Principals and teachers are currently being recruited to complete a short 20 minute online survey to canvass views on the desirability of whether to create a new, separate cyber-bullying offence; the potential impact of such a new, simplified criminal offence and/or civil enforcement regime and how such an offence or regime could be implemented, in conjunction with the existing criminal offences, to have the greatest material deterrence effect.
The survery is anonymous and can be accessed here: Youth exposure to, and management of, cyberbullying incidents in Australia
All data is immediately directed to a secure server at the University of South Australia.