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The article reports that people across Commonwealth will be offered training on spotting signs of domestic abuse under plan launched and mentions that the plan aims at creation of network of skilled bystanders to support victims.

The article reports that a man wearing a fake bomb was shot and killed by the police in London, England, on November 29, 2019.

The article discusses the focus of colleges in the U.S. on preventing sex assaults in the campus before they happen. It mentions the use of in-person and online training programs, as well as social-media campaigns, to educate undergraduates about sexual assault and how to prevent it. One of the popular methods of assault prevention on campuses is bystander intervention.

The article discusses problems with harassment at research field sites. Topics include efforts to prevent sexual harassment and sexual assault at Toolik Field Station in Alaska, the views of researcher Brie Van Dam on harassment at research field sites in relation to survey on the topic, and training on bystander intervention

The article discusses the collaboration of Survivor Advocacy Outreach Program (SAOP) and People's Justice League (PJL) and Passion Works Studio (PWS) for the Sexual Assault Awareness Month Coaster Campaign which include support service and training of bystanders.

The author discusses how the bystander's intervention can be utilized to end the rape culture. He discusses how the word culture was used positively in earlier times but now it's used to describe the negative impacts on people like the term "rape culture" which is commonly used word. He also discussed how one will get handful of videos talking about the natural inclination of brain if we will search the bystander's effect on Google.

The accusations against the Hollywood producer have prompted frank conversations about sexual misconduct. But it will still take a lot to shift how higher education treats such cases, experts say. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article offers news briefs from Portland, Oregon as of June 14, 2017. Topics include workshops from community organizations to train participants in bystander intervention and de-escalation in the wake of stabbings of three men in train in Portland, bystander intervention workshop from Living Room Realty, and the renovation project awarded by Prosper Portland to support the capital improvements.

The article discusses the bystander intervention initiative BeVocal by the University of Texas system in relation to issues such as suicide, binge drinking, and hate speech. Topics include interactive games as part of campus violence-prevention efforts, the inclusion of bystander intervention training in freshman orientations, and the relation of bystander intervention to suicidal ideation or depression.

The author discusses about getting bystanders involved in the fight against online harassment and the third-party tool HeartMob which provides bystanders several ways to help without talking to a harasser.

The article focuses on a discussion regarding sexual assault and bystander intervention. It informs that a professor of sociology at Ohio University Thomas Vander Ven was appointed to find intervention related to sexual victimization and informs that 30 percent of college students were experiences sexual victimization and mostly cases involves alcohol. It also informs that cofounder of the Ohio University (OU) Claire Chadwick states that student organization is perpetrators of sexual assault.

The article reports on the findings of a study released by the non-governmental organization SaveLife Foundation on July 10, 2013 which shows that 96 percent bystanders in Delhi, India are reluctant to help road accident victims due to fear of legal hassles and mistreatment by police.

The article informs that an Anti-harassment group of Ohio is planning to introduce the new education program titled "Sexual Assault Prevention Program" that would provoke bystander intervention from area bartenders.

The article offers the author's insight on the reasons behind the failure of bystanders to act and help victims, relative to the death of Ki-Suck Han of Queens, New York City who was pushed onto the subway tracks at the 49th street, allegedly by Naeem Davis. He relates the story of Wesley Autrey who became a hero after saving a man who fell onto the subway tracks. He mentions the study by Bibb Latané and John Darley regarding the behavior of bystanders, revealing the bystander effect.