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(BI) Bystander training may be the key to preventing campus sexual assaults

Posted on October 6, 2014 by Kendall Harmon

In the past few weeks, several large-scale college sexual assault prevention initiatives have launched, focusing on “bystander intervention” ”” which might be campuses’ best bet toward creating a safe environment for students.

Bystander intervention trains students to identify and intervene in potentially harmful situations. For example, bystander training teaches students to interject themselves if they see a clearly incapacitated friend being led off into a sexual situation they would likely have no control over.

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2 comments on “(BI) Bystander training may be the key to preventing campus sexual assaults”

  1. Marie Blocher says:
    October 6, 2014 at 3:27 am

    Could you please correct the link?

  2. Marie Blocher says:
    October 6, 2014 at 9:08 am

    Here’s the real link:
    http://www.businessinsider.com/bystander-training-ending-campus-sexual-assaults-2014-10