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High School Hazing:Defining, exploring and preventing

initiation rites in America’s public secondary schools.

+ What is hazing? • the practice of playing

unpleasant tricks on someone or

forcing someone to do unpleasant

things

Merriam-Webster’s

• the imposition of strenuous, often

humiliating, tasks as part of a

program of rigorous physical

training and initiation

The Oxford English

Dictionary

• any activity expected of

someone joining a group that humiliates,

degrades, abuses or endangers,

regardless of the person’s

willingness to participate

The Journal of Adolescent Health

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“unpleasant”

“forcing”

“imposition”

“strenuous”

“humiliating”

“rigorous”

“joining a group”

“abuses”

“endangers”

“regardless of willingness”

“initiation”

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Additionallytheir goals differ

Bullying is banishment

Hazing is acceptance

There are similarities

The victims are social

misfits

They both stem from

group identity

Are hazing and bullying the same thing?

Yes & No

but

BULLYING IS OFTEN THE ACTIONS OF

ONLY ONE PERSON

HAZING IS ALMOST ALWAYS DONE BY

GROUPS OF PEOPLE

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How do students typically haze each other?

Just check the

headlines

+What can I do to stop hazing in my high school?

What Would High School Students Do To Prevent Hazing?

Strategy PercentageStrong discipline for hazing 61

Police investigation & prosecution of hazing

50

Positive, bonding activities 43Education about positive initiation and

hazing37

Adults who support positive initiation activities

34

Physically challenging activities 30Adults who say hazing is not acceptable 27

Good behavior required to join the group

29

A "no hazing" agreement would be signed by students

23

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+What should I tell students about the dangers of hazing?

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You can start with the law

Hazing is only legal in

six states.

Get caught hazing

outside of these states

and you could

face jail time.

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Hoover, J., Milner, C. (1998). Are hazing and bullying related to love and belongingness? Reclaiming Children and Youth. 7(3), 138.

Hoover, N., Pollard, N. (2000). Initiation rites in American high schools: A national survey. Alfred University. Retrieved from http://www.alfred.edu/sports_hazing/hazingpdf.cfm

Martens, R. (2012). Successful coaching: 4th Edition. Champaign, Ill.: Human Kinetics Publishers.

Ortiz, E. (2013, July 23). Police investigate student hazing with hockey sticks and boards at Pittsburgh-area

high school.” The New York Daily News. Retrieved from http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/police-investigate-student-hazing-pa-high-school-article-1.1406779?print

Ostvik, K., Rudmin, F. (2001). Bullying and hazing among Norwegian Army soldiers: Two studies of Prevalence, Context and Cognition. Military Psychology, 13(1), 17-39.

Petchesky, B. (2012, Aug 30). Catholic School Cheerleader Hazing Involved Poopy Lap Dances, Claims

This Anonymous Letter Placed In Mailboxes Across Town. Deadspin. Retrieved from http://deadspin.com/5939047/catholic-school- cheerleader-hazing-involved-poopy-lap-dances- claims-this-anonymous-letter-placed-in- mailboxes-across-town

Souza, S. (2013, Dec 9). Schools stand up against bullying, hazing. Newton, TAB. Retrieved from http://

www.wickedlocal.com/newton/news/x1275650038/Schools-stand-up-against-bullying-hazing

Zhao, E. (2012, Nov 11). Maine West High School Sued For Student Hazing, Sodomy 'Sanctioned By

Coaches.’ The Huffington Post. Retrieved from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/20/maine-west-high-school-su_n_2165512.html?view=screen

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