The most prevalent challenging behaviour was verbal aggression (cited by 77%), followed by physical aggression (57%), bullying in person (41%) and breaking or ruining other pupils' belongings (23%).

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In its annual statement, the trust revealed that during 2005-2006, there were a total of 290 incidents of physical and verbal aggression by the public to its crews.

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Unlike schoolroom bullying, most workplace aggression is verbal or behavioural rather than violent.

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