Harassment covers a wide range of behaviors of an offensive nature. It is commonly understood as behavior that disturbs or upsets, and it is characteristically repetitive. In the legal sense, it is behavior that appears to be disturbing or threatening.
It is also known as bother, annoyance, aggravation, irritation, pressure, pressurization, force, coercion, molestation.
TYPES of Harassment
Verbal Harassment
- Verbal abuse is aggressive behavior expressed as name-calling, belittling, swearing, negative criticism, threats or ordering a child around.
- Those who are verbally abused can develop low self-esteem, act out in a negative fashion, use alcohol or other substances to dull emotional pain or turn to self-mutilation. In addition, they might develop anti-social behaviors as a result of the abuse.
- People who were verbally abused as children were more likely to suffer from depression and anxiety and to become self-critical adults.
- People who had been abused were twice as likely to have suffered a mood disorder and had 1.6 times as many symptoms of depression and anxiety.
- the abuse included insults, swearing, threats of physical abuse and spiteful comments or behavior. Those who had been physically abused also tended to be extremely self-critical.
- It can be in the form of Electronic, Landlord, Mobile, Online, Police, Power, Psychological, Racial, Religious, Sexual, Workplace.
School bullying
- It is a type of bullying that occurs in an educational setting.
- Bullying without comprehensive definition, can be physical, verbal or emotional in nature, or it can occur online (cyberbullying).For an act to be considered bullying it must meet certain criteria.
- This includes hostile intent, imbalance of power, repetition, distress, and provocation. Bullying can have a wide spectrum of effects on a student including anger, depression, stress and suicide.
- Additionally, the bully can develop different social disorders or have a higher chance of engaging in criminal activity.
- Studies suggest that sexual violence and harassment of girls is worse in schools where other forms of violence are prevalent, and in conflict and emergency context, and that gang violence is more common in schools where gangs, weapons, and drugs are part of the local culture.
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