Hazing Horrors

Hazing Horrors

Updated: December 06, 2011

For some, it's a ritual they call "initiation." For many others, it's nothing but pain and humiliation. Researchers estimate that as many as 1.5 million high-schoolers have experienced some form of hazing.

Hazing is when a group requires you to do humiliating tasks to be included. Hazing is usually portrayed as harmless fun or an easy way to become accepted by others, but it often leaves lasting mental and physical scars.

Many students experience hazing, read true stories and statistics from the most extensive study on hazing below.

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Hazing Horrors

Teens share their hazing experiences.

 
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Video: Florida Hazing Case

A look at what happend and what's being done to prevent future incidents.

 
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Hazing Study Summary

The shocking statistics from a 2008 national study of student hazing.

 
 


 

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