School Bullying and Violence Prevention in European Countries

In this section you find several articles and links to articles on school bullying and violence in different European countries. The articles we listed below go back to three projects funded by different programs of the European Commission.

Overview:

VISIONARY project (2003)

The articles below focus on definitions, prevalence and sources of violence in five European countries: Denmark, Finland, Germany, Portugal and the UK. The articles resulted from the first phase of the VISIONARY project (2000-2003) and were published in 2003. All articles are available in form of a short overview and a full text.

International Overview / Full text
Denmark Overview / Full text
Finland Overview / Full text
Germany Overview / Full text
Portugal Overview / Full text
United Kingdom Overview / Full text

UK-001 project (2001)

The main output of the UK-001 project "Tackling Violence in School", funded under the CONNECT initiative were 17 country reports on violence in schools. 

The 17 reports were published in 2001 and cover all 15 member states of the EC and 2 associated states: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

All 17 country reports in English
Summaries of all country reports in French
Summaries of all country reports in German
Summaries of all country reports in Spanish

The "Violence in Schools" Initiative" (1999)

As a part of the "Violence in Schools" Initiative" national reports were written that give an overview about national policies and initiatives against violence in schools.

For the following countries and associations reports are available in English, German and French: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Spain, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxemburg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Sweden, United Kingdom, European Parents Association (EPA), European Trade Union Committee for Education (CSEE-ETUCE).

All 18 reports in English, German and French