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Phoebe Prince

Phoebe Prince. 1994 - 2010 . Massachusetts. “Mean Girls”. Name calling Throwing things at her Stalking Taunting text messages Facebook – mocked her death Lied to police. The family moved to Western Massachusetts, in part, “so that Phoebe could experience America.”. Consequences.

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Phoebe Prince

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  1. Phoebe Prince • 1994 - 2010

  2. Massachusetts

  3. “Mean Girls” • Name calling • Throwing things at her • Stalking • Taunting text messages • Facebook – mocked her death • Lied to police

  4. The family moved to Western Massachusetts, in part, “so that Phoebe could experience America.”

  5. Consequences • 2 students expelled (will not graduate) • 9 arrested • 6 felony charges • Charges: statutory rape, violation of civil rights, criminal harassment, disturbing a school assembly

  6. "The school knew something,"said Judith Vessey, a professor at the Connell School of Nursing at Boston College who has done extensive research on bullying. "The mother knew something. Friends and bystanders knew something.” • "A lot of people knew what was happening and could have intervened." • Intervention by bystanders is crucial to stopping the downward spiral in bullying cases. • "You would like to think that people would examine their own role and what they could do to make it not happen again, said Scott Seider, professor at Boston University's School of Education.

  7. Works Cited • http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2010/01/24/teens_suicide_prompts_a_look_at_bullying/ • http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2010/03/nine-teens-indicted-in-connection-with-bullying-suicide-of-15-year-old/1 • http://www.thebostonchannel.com/education/22653526/detail.html • http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE63847420100409

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