Bullying, violence among equals and social services. An analysis from the perspectives of students of criminology and primary education

Abstract

This article presents a study of bullying and social services. These concepts are described in the Spanish context using qualitative research with students seeking degress in the fields of education and criminology. This qualitative research is based on an interpretive paradigm. The study design rests on three theoretical perspectives: social constructivism, violence theory, and stigma theory. The results presented confirm that bullying is considered to be a type of violence contextualized in the school, and social services is considered the community institution that is a part of the intervention network in any municipality or region. For this reason it is especially important to promote basic areas of prevention that encourage environments free of violence, to develop specific programs and to coordinate the work of the community network.