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Taxing is a violent behaviour and criminal activity referred to in legal terms as “personal robbery”. Taxing someone means committing or attempting to commit a misdemeanour to extort property or money through the use of bullying tactics such as blackmail, threats or physical assault.
Bullying is also a criminal activity, also referred to as “harassment”. It is defined as the deliberate and continuous use of power over another person with the intention of harming or excluding that person. Bullying may take a physical or a verbal form. It can be direct, as in threatening, kicking, punching, shoving, biting, pulling hair, spitting, throwing insults and accusations, ridiculizing, teasing maliciously, etc. It can also be indirect, as in spreading rumours, excluding, avoiding, etc.
Three conditions that are essential for bullying:
Power: children who intimidate gain their power from their size and physical strength, their status in their peer group or peer support.
Frequency: Bullying is characterized by repeated attacks. This is the factor that provokes the fear of anticipation in the mind of the child who is the subject of the bullying, and that can be so harmful and cause long-term damage.
The intent to cause harm: Children who use bullying generally do so with the intention of harming the other child physically or emotionally.
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The victims are picked by their aggressors for various reasons: expensive objects or clothing, physical differences (thinness, obesity, size, acne, glasses or dental apparatus), language impediments (stuttering or difficulty with pronunciation), introverted or solitary personality, eating habits (vegetarian, organic food preferences), etc.
The victims are characterized by:
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Most often, the person who is doing the taxing or bullying does it to feel important or assertive, or to prove that he or she is special and brave. Not many people engage in taxing or do so on their own. Normally, these are boys aged 13 to 17, from broken homes, who are not interested in school or who have dropped out. They use alcohol or drugs, and belong to a gang.
Aggressors are characterized by:
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If you are a victim of bullying or taxing, here are the difficulties you face:
Even if you are not the aggressor or the victim, you can still suffer the consequences of bullying:
Those who engage in taxing and bullying can suffer immediate consequences from their behaviour:
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First, you should be aware that if you decide to denounce someone and want to remain anonymous, the Service de police will respect your decision.
You should be aware that there is a difference between DENOUNCING someone and “snitching” on someone. “Snitching” means revealing information out of self-interest or hatred, not in order to help or receive help. DeNOuncing means saying NO to the situation. When you DeNOunce, you give an adult the opportunity to intervene in order to protect you. DeNOuncing also forces the person who is doing the intimidating to stop, and gives that person a chance to get help so that he/she can switch to more appropriate behaviour. The best way is to DENOUNCE the action. Remember that there is a very big difference between DENOUNCING and SNITCHING. Denouncing means reporting to the appropriate contacts and authorities a criminal action—such as taxing or bullying—that you have witnessed. Snitching, on the other hand, is trying to seek revenge on a person, to harm that person or if you just can't keep a secret. So be sure to remember that denouncing a person who is committing a crime means helping the victim by preventing the situation from repeating itself, and helping the guilty party to get help.
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To avoid being talked back to, losing face, or being ridiculized in front of their friends, these people choose what they think are easy marks, people who have difficulty standing up for themselves and who have little self-confidence. Generally, marks are timid and fragile people who will not do anything to stop the situation. So, if you decide to denounce the person who is bullying or taxing you, you take away that person's power and their respect from their friends. You may have to denounce that person more than once, but this will enable you to:
Remember that, if you wish, you can denounce without revealing your identity. You have the right to live in peace, so exercise your rights and denounce!
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You have an important part to play in situations where a young person is being taxed or intimidated. If you do not react for fear of reprisal, the aggressor will continue victimizing people.
So, if you want to help a victim, you can:
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There are ways to stop engaging in taxing or bullying. Talk to friends or to an adult you trust. These good people can help you. To begin, here are a few tips:
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As parents, you have to help your children, give them a hand when they are going through rough times or situations that could poison their quality of life. So if your child is a victim of taxing, think about:
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Gatineau's Service de police
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L'Alternative Outaouais
819-595-1106
This organization offers conflict resolution services to people who are involved in disputes or other conflicts in their circle, and its main mandate is to engage teens in reparation following a misdemeanour under the Youth Criminal Justice Act.
Jeunes j'écoute
1-800-668-6868
If you need to talk to someone or to just tell someone what you're going through by phone or online.
Tel-Jeunes
1-800-263-2266
If you need information, have questions, need someone to listen to you or to give you advice.
Tel-Aide Outaouais
1-800-567-9699
If you need to talk or to tell someone about your problems. This might have to do with loneliness, depression, suicidal thoughts, or family or professional conflicts.
Centre d'aide aux victimes actes criminels (CAVAC)
819-778-3555
CAVAC is a community organization that offers services to people of all ages, who have either been victims of a crime or witnessed one, as well as the people who are close to them, whether or not the perpetrator of the crime has been identified, arrested, been charged or found guilty.
Centre d'aide et de lutte contre les agressions à caractère sexuel (CALACS)
819-771-8681 or 819-771-1773
This organization's mission is to offer direct assistance to female victims, to do prevention, raise awareness, and fight for and defend rights. (For women and teenage girls only.)
Espace Outaouais
819-771-1546
This organization provides an educational program to prevent all forms of abuse against children (neglect or verbal, physical or sexual abuse). It is for children between 2 and 12 years of age, parents, teachers and workers.
Centre d'aide 24/7
819-595-9999
For people in crisis and suicidal situations. Help is free and confidential, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The organization's mission is to offer people in crisis and distress and those close to them reception, help, support and accompaniment to defuse the situation and begin the process of solving the problem.
SOS Suicide jeunsese
1-800-595-5580
Active intervention for people who feel suicidal: 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
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