When Guardians Become Capable: An Analysis of Social Bias and Situational Context in Bystander Intervention

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dc.contributor.advisorXie, Minen_US
dc.contributor.authorWy, Gabrielle Cabreraen_US
dc.contributor.departmentCriminology and Criminal Justiceen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2022-02-03T06:31:56Z
dc.date.available2022-02-03T06:31:56Z
dc.date.issued2021en_US
dc.description.abstractData from the National Crime Victimization Survey in the 1990s indicate that bystanders were present in two-thirds of violent victimizations; however, a bystander who is present may not necessarily intervene. The present study posits that there are two major types of factors that may influence the likelihood of intervention across incidents: factors related to the severity of the crime, and factors that reveal social bias related to race, ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic status, and crime type. Using NCVS data from 2012-2018, the present study finds statistically significant associations between presence of a firearm, a victim being female, the crime being sexual assault or rape, and the crime being intimate partner violence, and the outcome of bystander intervention. Results add to the social psychology and sociology literature on helping behavior and inform policy and practice regarding the need for programs that target bystander intervention in violent victimization.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/9kbc-uhmp
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/28388
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledCriminologyen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledSocial psychologyen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledGender studiesen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledbystanderen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledinterventionen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledvictimizationen_US
dc.titleWhen Guardians Become Capable: An Analysis of Social Bias and Situational Context in Bystander Interventionen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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