Who Are the Mavens of Bystander Intervention? Implications for the Social Diffusion of Intervention Norms

Butler, Leah C.; Fisher, Bonnie S.

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“…Thus, having greater awareness of, or experience with, a form of victimization may increase the likelihood a respondent intervenes to stop that form of victimization or takes steps to protect themselves. These findings are in line with Butler and Fisher’s (2020) proposition that certain individuals who have a special knowledge of an issue or a unique stake in addressing that issue (whom they refer to as “mavens”) will be more likely to spread the norm of bystander intervention; in this study, we find that individuals who might be characterized as similar to mavens are more likely to engage in intervention and self-protective target hardening measures.…”

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Examining the Effect of Perceived Responsibility on Online Bystander Intervention, Target Hardening, and Inaction

Butler

Graham

Fisher

et al. 2021

J Interpers Violence

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Failure to take responsibility for intervening has been identified as a primary barrier to bystander intervention. Building on these findings, we examine how perceptions of responsibility affect responses to witnessing victimization in the online realm—a topic that has received limited attention. Using a maximum-likelihood selection model, we analyze data from the Pew American Trends Panel ( N = 3709) to estimate the effects of respondents’ perceptions of the role different groups should play in addressing online harassment on their likelihood to engage in intervention, target hardening, or inaction in response to witnessing online harassment, conditioned upon their likelihood of having witnessed such behavior. Findings indicate that the greater role respondents believe online users should have in addressing online harassment, the more likely they are to intervene. ( b = .310). The greater role respondents believe law enforcement or elected officials should have in addressing online harassment, the less likely they are to intervene ( b = −.135 and −.072, respectively). These findings have implications for future efforts to curb online harassment through users’ crime prevention efforts.

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Examining the Effect of Perceived Responsibility on Online Bystander Intervention, Target Hardening, and Inaction

Butler

Graham

Fisher

et al. 2021

J Interpers Violence

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“…At the same time, measurement of BI that accounts for proactive behaviors generally includes reactive actions as well (i.e., Cascardi et al, 2020;Johnson et al, 2019;McMahon et al, 2015), such that it is difficult to parse out the specific engagement in violence prevention students are demonstrating across the continuum of violence. Because proactive behaviors have demonstrated distinction from reactive BI (Cascardi et al, 2020), focusing on proactive engagement via peer communication about violence is an important, yet understudied aspect of BI, and understanding the correlates of peer discussion can help shed light on violence prevention-related change agent aids (Butler & Fisher, 2020).…”

Section: Bi Models For Violence Preventionmentioning

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“…Coined by Butler and Fisher (2020), "mavens of bystander intervention" (p. NP2126) refer to individuals who "spread bystander intervention norms to others by communicating with peers" (p. NP2126). "Social contacts, social interaction, and interpersonal communication" (Valente & Davis, 1999, p. 57) are central for the adoption of new behaviors (Valente & Rogers, 1995).…”

Section: Mavens Of Bimentioning

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“…These discussions are an important component of changing norms that perpetuate violence (Butler & Fisher, 2020), and focusing students' BI opportunities within their friendships has the potential to make positive gains in reducing violence (Blayney et al, 2021). Here, we build on Butler and Fisher's (2020) work by extending the knowledge on identifying the "change agents aids" (p. NP2130) who are willing to break with norms by talking about violence prevention with their friends. Butler and Fisher (2020) argue that identifying mavens, or change agent aids, is important for increasing the effectiveness of training initiatives.…”

Section: Mavens Of Bimentioning

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College Students’ Engagement in Violence Prevention Discussions with Peers

Hoxmeier

Connor

McMahon

2022

J Interpers Violence

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The bystander intervention (BI) model recognizes a range of prosocial helping behaviors individuals can perform to support sexual and dating violence (S/DV) prevention efforts. Individuals can demonstrate a commitment to ending violence through proactive BI, such as participating in prevention initiatives or talking with peers about ways to keep safe, which are different than reactive BI behaviors when violence is underway. Given the anchoring of the BI model in Diffusion of Innovation Theory, which articulates the uptake of new behaviors throughout a population or community and the role of change agent aids in that process, investigating demographic, and other individual-level correlates, of proactive behaviors may help identify those students who are particularly positioned to help diffuse and normalize anti-violence behaviors. The purpose of this study was to examine (1) the occurrence of students’ engagement in peer discussions about violence prevention in the past year and (2) the correlates of reporting to have those discussions among university students in a cross-sectional study implemented on two campuses in the Mid-Atlantic U.S. Results showed that the most common discussion was talking to friends about being safe in dating relationships and the least common was talking with friends about participating in violence-prevention-related activities, with 66.2% and 22.5% having done so, respectively. Women, younger students, and those reporting to know a survivor of either DV or SV were more likely to report having discussions, compared to men, older students, and those not knowing a survivor. Additional relationships were detected between other individual characteristics, knowledge about violence/victimization, and climate-related variables but differed depending on whether participants participated in the DV or SV-related survey module. Findings suggest the need for BI training initiatives to emphasize proactive engagement and peer discussions, and that gender continues to be a robust indicator of violence-prevention actions.

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“…The EpiCrim approach is starting to be used in the field of sexual offender risk management and community integration, [10,42,98,[102][103][104]]. Additionally, taking an EpiCrim approach has moved the narrative around community integration and risk management away from a purely professional one to a more community based one with increased education [10,102], bystander intervention training [105][106][107], and community integration programmes/interventions [108][109][110]. An EpiCrim approach reinforces that sexual abuse is a community as well as an in individual issue, and therefore needs an integrated, multi-faceted community response.…”

Section: Using a Multi-disciplinary Approach To Understand Sexual Offendingmentioning

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The Integration of People Convicted of a Sexual Offence Into the Community and Their (Risk) Management

McCartan

Richards

2021

Curr Psychiatry Rep

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Purpose of Review We are reviewing recent research into the community integration of men convicted of a sexual offence and their (risk) management. This is a high-profile political issue that binds together research in psychology, criminology, politics, health, public health, and policy studies. The review will demonstrate that a multi-disciplinary, life course, EpiCrim-oriented approach is the most effective way of reducing re-offending and promoting desistance in this population. Recent Findings Research demonstrates that life course development, especially from psychology and criminology, has an impact on whether people sexually offend or not. Therefore, to understand sexual offending behaviour, we need to look at the aetiology of said behaviour from a nature and a nurture perspective. Therefore, we need to use an Epidemiological Criminology (a marriage of Public Health and criminology) approach that works at all four stages of the Socio-Ecological Model (SEM) (individual, interrelationship, community, and societal). The research encourages a person first approach, that we look at Adverse Childhood Experiences and past trauma in the lives of men who sexually offend and use this, in conjunction with strength-based approaches, to inclusively integrate them into society. Summary The prevention of sexual offending, both first time offending, and relapse prevention require a multi-level, multi-disciplinary approach. Successful desistance from sexual offending is as much about the community and society as it is about the individual.

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Who Are the Mavens of Bystander Intervention? Implications for the Social Diffusion of Intervention Norms

Cited by 5 publications

References 16 publications

Examining the Effect of Perceived Responsibility on Online Bystander Intervention, Target Hardening, and Inaction

Examining the Effect of Perceived Responsibility on Online Bystander Intervention, Target Hardening, and Inaction

College Students’ Engagement in Violence Prevention Discussions with Peers

The Integration of People Convicted of a Sexual Offence Into the Community and Their (Risk) Management

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