[Volundr]

I actually worked as a security guard through most of college, split amongst various sites including out local mall. We actually called it "harassment" not bullying, but we absolutely took it seriously and you could find yourself banned from the mall pretty easily, and none of the "boys will be boys" or "he's a good kid" that you'll often see used to excuse the behavior in schools. Frankly, my opinion is the mall probably dealt with it MORE effectively than my high school.

[salawat]

Growing up, the most effective anti-bullying enforcement was pretty much bystanders, and a minority thereof to boot. Don't know whether the difference was, but 90% of the time for me, official intervention was nowhere near as effective as that that just happening to see something and intervening because they felt it was wrong.