Jennifer McCary of Gettysburg College talks about encouraging bystander intervention to prevent violence. Civility, she argues, is an essential decision that must be taken proactively in order to make our communities into safer and happier places.
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Teaching bystanders to intervene
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Padgett, S., & Notar, C. E. (2013). Bystanders Are the Key to Stopping Bullying. Universal Journal of Educational Research, 1(2), 33-41.
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A review of literature on the role of bystanders to bullying, resources to help bystanders and established anti bullying programs with a bystander component.
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MacCurtain, S., Murphy, C., O'Sullivan, M., MacMahon, J. & Turner, T. (2017). To stand back or step in? Exploring the responses of employees who observe workplace bullying. Nursing Inquiry, 25(1)
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An examination of bystander responses to bullying and of factors that influence decisions to intervene.
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Amienne, K.A. (2017). Abusers and enablers in faculty culture. The chronicle of higher education.
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A personal account on abusers and enablers in faculty culture.
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Burn, S. M. (2009). A situational model of sexual assault prevention through bystander intervention. Sex roles, 60(11), 779-792.
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A research on five barriers identified by the situational model of bystander intervention and bystander intervention behavior.
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