Out of the Principal's Office and Into the Courtroom: How Should California Approach Criminal Remedies for School Bullying

Abstract

INTRODUCTION School bullying is a hot-button issue. A recent spate of highprofile teen "bullycides" '-suicides by students who are apparently driven to kill themselves in response to relentless bullying by their peers-has spawned a nationwide outpouring of outrage and 2 sympathy, accompanied by vocal demands for schools and law enforcement to "get tough" on bullies.3 Books and articles about the dangers of bullying have proliferated in the popular press, decrying