While thinking about Juvenile Justice at work, I couldn't but wonder what the best solution to dealing with bullies in school would be.  So many questions automatically pop up, complicating solutions further.  What constitutes labeling a person as a bully?  How do you distinguish the difference between bullying and harassing, or are they the same in certain situations?  How does one quantify a satisfactory punishment or base various degrees of bullying?

These questions are only the tip of the iceberg for any individual responsible for handling school bullying issues.  while victims suffer the greatest from such undue treatment, one needs to also structure a program to help rehabilitate the suspects.  Are those who bully others past victims themselves?  If so, were they bullied in school at an earlier age, or victimized at home by parents or other siblings, or perhaps from multiple sources?  Where do we start the learning process?  Shouldn't parents be more responsible for the child?  What triggers a child to become a bully?  Even more compelling, what causes a child to become a victim to such abuse?

We need to seek answers to both sides of the issues in order to reach solutions.  What can you do to improve the issue?