Immigration, race and ethnicity, and school bullying in the United States

Although it is known that race, ethnicity, and immigration are associated with student-level bullying, it remains unclear how the proportion of racial/ethnic minority students and immigrant students within a school is linked to school-level bullying. Therefore, the present chapter proposes and addresses two research questions. First, is there an association between an increasing proportion of immigrant students and school-level bullying? Second, are there racial/ethnic differences in the interaction between the increasing proportion of immigrant students and school-level bullying? This study will utilize a nationally representative dataset, the 2015 to 2016 School Survey on Crime and Safety (SSOCS), to answer these two research questions about the relationship between immigration and school-level bullying. Findings suggest a negative association between immigration, race/ethnicity, and school-level bullying; however, important and distinctive nuances are presented and examined. This study also discusses the implications of the complex relationship between immigration and school-level bullying.