Cyber Bullying: Effects on Young People

The assignment provides an overview of cyber bullying as a widely spread crime in the UK, its negative impact on young people, and the laws in place to protect victims. It also discusses the effects of cyber bullying on mental health, social relationships, and daily life, highlighting the importance of addressing this issue.

Cyber bullying, a criminal offence and
effects on young people

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY ..................................................................................................................................1
CONCLUSION-..............................................................................................................................1
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................2

INTRODUCTION
Cyber bullying is widely spread crime in which a person is bullied through the various
electronic mediums like cellphones, internet etc. Report will explain the cyber bulling law in
UK. Also the negative impact of cyber bulling on the young persons, which is a major concern in
the society (Deschamps and McNutt 2016).
MAIN BODY
Cyber bullying is an illegal activity done by any person to humiliate , trouble and follow
another person. Bullying in cyber can be done through – emails, text message, cell phones and
social media sites (Deschamps and McNutt, 2016). This also includes spreading rumours by
email and through social media sites, embarrassing pictures, videos and websites (El Asam and
Samara, 2016). There are criminal and civil laws regarding the cyber bullying in UK which
includes Protection from Harassment Act 1997, The Malicious Communication Act 1988, The
Communication Act 2003, the public order act 1986 and the education and inspection act 2006.
Under these acts victim can claim relief from the court on producing the detailed evidence
supporting the crime (Langos, 2015).
Cyber bullying have a major effect on the young people, these can be low self esteem,
increased depression and anxiety, detachment from the people and talking lesser, also sudden
and quick anger on small things, health problems like headache, stomach aches etc. by the victim
(Myers and Cowie,2017). It can also have led to absence from the school and colleges, trouble in
sleeping and having nightmare, this is all because of mental trauma suffered by the people
(Samara and et.al., 2017). Cyber bullying can sometime take the destructive form which can also
lead to suicide attempts by the victim and can lead to death(Williams and Pearson, 2016) .
CONCLUSION-
With this we conclude that there is increased rate of cyber bullying. This effects
adversely on the lives of people. There are certain laws made by the constitution to protect the
victims of the cybercrime. Also we studied the effect of cyber crime on youth (Langos, 2015).
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Deschamps, R. and McNutt, K., 2016. Cyberbullying: What's the problem?. Canadian Public
Administration. 59(1). pp.45-71.
El Asam, A. and Samara, M., 2016. Cyberbullying and the law: A review of psychological and
legal challenges.Computers in Human Behavior. 65. pp.127-141.
Langos, C., 2015. Cyberbullying: The shades of harm.Psychiatry, psychology and law. 22(1).
pp.106-123.
Myers, C. A. and Cowie, H., 2017. Bullying at university: The social and legal contexts of
cyberbullying among university students. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. 48(8).
pp.1172-1182.
Samara and et.al., 2017. Bullying and cyberbullying: their legal status and use in psychological
assessment. International journal of environmental research and public health. 14(12).
p.1449.
Williams, M. L. and Pearson, O., 2016. Hate crime and bullying in the age of social media.
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