Witnesses to anti-social behaviour must speak up to support the lone voices of people who confront it to reduce the risk of such behaviour becoming tolerated in society, according to research from the ...

Ava Schumm was on a crowded subway in Manhattan when she heard a man making loud, derogatory comments about Jews. His target: a bearded Orthodox Jew wearing a black hat and coat. Schumm, 22, a Baruch ...

Sexual assault, pushed into public conversation by the #MeToo movement, once again dominates the U.S. news cycle. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh faces allegations that he sexually assaulted ...

Ahmed al Ahmed’s actions almost certainly saved lives, but does bystander intervention go against official advice during mass violence events?

In the #MeToo era, employers know that they must prioritize and promote anti-harassment training for their staff. However, it's not always enough to explain what constitutes harassment and what its ...

The murder of George Floyd could have been avoided if police had responded to the concerns of bystanders reveals research led by Lancaster University. George Floyd was murdered by Minneapolis police ...

In February 1993, 2-year-old James Bulger was abducted from a shopping centre in Liverpool, England, before being murdered hours later. The most shocking element of this case is often considered to be ...

“We have created a word that provides people with the power to stop women talking,” —Lucy Brown Children's television icon Fred Rogers suggested that during difficult times, we should look for the ...

When Sunita Nandihalli was a psychology graduate student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, they and an undergraduate intern found themselves in an lift with a man who seemed fascinated with the ...

Sandy Hershcovis receives funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Brianna Barker Caza, Ivana Vranjes, and Zhanna Lyubykh do not work for, consult, own shares in or ...

A former top cop has urged Scottish criminal justice agencies to break the “bystander” culture that allows brutality and prejudice to be tolerated in fatal flashpoints. Graham Goulden contacted the ...