Date Rape: How Can We Prevent It? Episode 149

You've probably heard of many times when people knew that someone was hurt or might be hurt and they did not help.  How can we prevent that from happening?  You may have learned about bystander apathy and the concept of diffusion of responsibility.  But now what do we DO with what we know?  How can we put that knowledge into action?  Meet Vicky Banyard and see what she and her colleagues at the University of New Hampshire are doing with a program called Bring in the Bystander.

Bringing in the Bystander program at the University of New Hampshire.

There's an interesting checklist on the Know Your Power website.  It's called the Checklist for Bystander Action.  Also take a look at the Bystander Store where you can order the poster's Dr. Banyard talked about in this episode.