The Need for Strict and Defined Cyberbullying Laws

Abstract

The American legal system has struggled not only to implement laws regarding cyberbullying, but also to clearly define it and its differences from cyber harassment and cyber stalking. Often, cyberbullying, cyberharassment and cyberstalking overlap, which also created a problem with writing statutes that include all of this material. There is an evident need with the ever increasing cyberbullying issues arising across the nation for the establishment of distinct laws to deter these actions from occurring and severely punish them when they do.

Keywords: cyber, cyberbullying, cyberharassment, cyberstalking, stalking, bullying, harassment, school

JEL Classification: I28, I20, K10