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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 diff er
Bullying is banishment
Hazing is acceptance
There are similarities
The victims are social
misfi ts
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
+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 43
Education about positive initiation and hazing
37
Adults who support positive initiation activities
34
Physically challenging activities 30
Adults 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.
+Source materials and linksGershel, J. C., Katz-Sidlow, R.J., Small, E., Zandieh, E. (2003). Hazing of suburban middle school and high
school athletes. Journal of Adolescent Health. 32(5), 333-335.
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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