Should I Call for Help?: Examining the Influences of Situational Factors and Bystander Characteristics on Reporting Likelihood

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Autor principal: Aiello, Michael F.
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contents Should I Call for Help?: Examining the Influences of Situational Factors and Bystander Characteristics on Reporting Likelihood Aiello, Michael F. College Students School Safety Campuses Victims of Crime Audiences Prosocial Behavior Barriers Probability Undergraduate Students Violence Weapons Intervention Crime Group Dynamics Physical Characteristics This article focuses on the topic of campus crime reporting, particularly students' stated likelihood of reporting crime incidents to the college public safety department, municipal police, or a member of the library staff. The survey vignette design involves experimental manipulation of several situational variables in line with the unresponsive bystander model and subsequent scholarship, including crime type, bystander group size, and respondent anonymity in a 4 × 2 × 2 design. Undergraduate participants (n = 554) in the United States responded to 1 of 16 vignette versions occurring in the context of the campus library. This project expands the range of crime scenarios analyzed in prior research to include gun possession on a college campus. Other than bystander race, bystander characteristics remain nonsignificant. While neither anonymity nor group size are significant predictors, students assigned to the aggravated assault as well as the gun possession vignettes report substantially higher likelihood to indirectly intervene.
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spellingShingle Should I Call for Help?: Examining the Influences of Situational Factors and Bystander Characteristics on Reporting Likelihood
Aiello, Michael F.
College Students
School Safety
Campuses
Victims of Crime
Audiences
Prosocial Behavior
Barriers
Probability
Undergraduate Students
Violence
Weapons
Intervention
Crime
Group Dynamics
Physical Characteristics
Should I Call for Help?: Examining the Influences of Situational Factors and Bystander Characteristics on Reporting Likelihood Aiello, Michael F. College Students School Safety Campuses Victims of Crime Audiences Prosocial Behavior Barriers Probability Undergraduate Students Violence Weapons Intervention Crime Group Dynamics Physical Characteristics This article focuses on the topic of campus crime reporting, particularly students' stated likelihood of reporting crime incidents to the college public safety department, municipal police, or a member of the library staff. The survey vignette design involves experimental manipulation of several situational variables in line with the unresponsive bystander model and subsequent scholarship, including crime type, bystander group size, and respondent anonymity in a 4 × 2 × 2 design. Undergraduate participants (n = 554) in the United States responded to 1 of 16 vignette versions occurring in the context of the campus library. This project expands the range of crime scenarios analyzed in prior research to include gun possession on a college campus. Other than bystander race, bystander characteristics remain nonsignificant. While neither anonymity nor group size are significant predictors, students assigned to the aggravated assault as well as the gun possession vignettes report substantially higher likelihood to indirectly intervene.
title Should I Call for Help?: Examining the Influences of Situational Factors and Bystander Characteristics on Reporting Likelihood
topic College Students
School Safety
Campuses
Victims of Crime
Audiences
Prosocial Behavior
Barriers
Probability
Undergraduate Students
Violence
Weapons
Intervention
Crime
Group Dynamics
Physical Characteristics
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1204405