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Explorer Cafe Fall 2015: Sept. 16

What Would You Do? The Bystander Dilemma: Weighing Action Against Silence

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Books

Estimating the Incidence of Rape and Sexual Assault by Candace Kruttschnitt (Editor); William D. Kalsbeek (Editor); Carol C. House (Editor); Panel on Measuring Rape and Sexual Assault in Bureau of Justice Statistics Household Surveys; Committee on National Statistics; Division on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education Staff; National Research Council
ISBN: 9780309297370
Publication Date: 2014-04-21

Reference

Blagg, R. (2010). Bystander effect. In J. Levine, & M. Hogg (Eds.), Encyclopedia of group processes & intergroup relations. (pp. 64-67). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412972017.n21

Williams, K., & Law, A. (2007). Bystander effect. In R. Baumeister, & K. Vohs (Eds.), Encyclopedia of social psychology. (pp. 133-135). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412956253.n79

Francis, T. (2013). Bystander apathy. In J. Ross (Ed.), Encyclopedia of street crime in America. (Vol. 2, pp. 54-57). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781452274461.n23

Morrison, B. (2010). Bystander intervention. In B. Fisher, & S. Lab (Eds.), Encyclopedia of victimology and crime prevention. (pp. 54-57). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412979993.n21

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Scholarly Articles

“And then one night when I went to class . . .”: The impact of sexual assault bystander intervention workshops incorporated in academic courses. (2015). Psychology of Violence, doi:10.1037/a0039660

Burn, S. M. (2009). A situational model of sexual assault prevention through bystander intervention. Sex Roles, 60(11), 779-792. doi:10.1007/s11199-008-9581-5

Cummings, N., & Exner, D. (2011). Implications for sexual assault prevention: College students as prosocial bystanders. Journal of American College Health, 59(7), 655. doi:10.1080/07448481.2010.515633

Katz, J., & Moore, J. (2013). Bystander education training for campus sexual assault prevention: An initial meta-analysis. Violence and Victims, 28(6), 1054. doi:10.1891/0886-6708.VV-D-12-00113

Koelsch, L. E., Brown, A. L., & Boisen, L. (2012). Bystander perceptions: Implications for university sexual assault prevention programs. Violence and Victims, 27(4), 563-579. doi:10.1891/0886-6708.27.4.563

Palm Reed, K. M., Hines, D. A., Armstrong, J. L., & Cameron, A. Y. (2015). Experimental evaluation of a bystander prevention program for sexual assault and dating violence. Psychology of Violence, 5(1), 95-102. doi:10.1037/a0037557

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