This book provides a fully-contextualised, multidisciplinary examination
of bullying and violence in South Korean society. Bullying and violence
has been a pressing societal issue since 2011, having been labelled as a
'social evil' to be eradicated by the government. However, the issue has
been incorrectly confined to schools when in fact it is widespread in
society and in professional settings, as Bax argues in this original new
text.
Through twenty in-depth case studies and original case material from a
Juvenile Detention Centre, Bax examines the historical, cultural,
political and social contexts of bullying and violence to better
understand the nature of these crimes, the perpetrators, and how they
come together in the broader cultural landscape within which the
individual, the family, the school and the community are embedded.