The research shows bystander actions are pivotal in helping or hindering efforts to address anti-social behavior. "If something anti-social happens we look to someone to step in and say something," ...

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 ...

Gender-based violence (GBV) is a public health issue that encompasses acts of violence based on individuals' sex or gender, such as intimate partner violence (IPV), sexual assault, and violence ...

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People who repeatedly observe aggression have a higher likelihood of engaging in violent behavior later in life. In a new JNeurosci paper, Jacob Nordman and colleagues, from Southern University of ...

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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 ...

As Sunday’s Bondi Beach attack unfolded, many will have seen footage of a man acting alone, moving toward one of the gunmen and wrestling the weapon from his hands. It was an extraordinary act of ...

In today’s climate of global political tensions and polarization, workplaces are filled with conflicting viewpoints. When employees hold political identities and perspectives that do not align with ...

A small study suggests that when two pigs are fighting, a bystander pig can intervene to either reduce the number of attacks by the aggressor or to help reduce the anxiety of the victim. The study of ...

Most of us like to believe that if we saw someone being mistreated at work, we would step in and challenge the behaviour. We want to see ourselves as fair, principled, and courageous, and therefore ...