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FWIW, "bystander intervention" is a buzzword that carries a lot of currency at pretty much every single college campus by this point.

I'd say that the actual meaning of the term may be a little nebulous to the average college student, but here's an example from an education program that apparently is gaining some traction:

Among those programs is Green Dot, a growing national campaign that was started six years ago to stop campus rape through bystander intervention. Dorothy Edwards, a former director of the University of Kentucky’s Violence Intervention and Prevention Center, wrote the curriculum that about 300 colleges have since adopted, including Harvard University, the University of Notre Dame and Northwestern University.

Green Dot first aims to teach students how to identify strange behaviour, the smaller warning signs. If they see a man leading a stumbling woman into a room, for example, why not ask, “Is that your boyfriend?” If they see someone start to pass out at a house party, they’re advised to call the person a cab.

Students, instructed to place their own safety first, follow the “Three Ds” — direct, delegate or distract.

https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2016/...-rape.html

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FWIW, "bystander intervention" is a buzzword that carries a lot of currency at pretty much every single college campus by this point.

I'd say that the actual meaning of the term may be a little nebulous to the average college student, but here's an example from an education program that apparently is gaining some traction:

Among those programs is Green Dot, a growing national campaign that was started six years ago to stop campus rape through bystander intervention. Dorothy Edwards, a former director of the University of Kentucky’s Violence Intervention and Prevention Center, wrote the curriculum that about 300 colleges have since adopted, including Harvard University, the University of Notre Dame and Northwestern University.

Green Dot first aims to teach students how to identify strange behaviour, the smaller warning signs. If they see a man leading a stumbling woman into a room, for example, why not ask, “Is that your boyfriend?” If they see someone start to pass out at a house party, they’re advised to call the person a cab.

Students, instructed to place their own safety first, follow the “Three Ds” — direct, delegate or distract.

https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2016/...-rape.html