Date Rape: How Can We Prevent It? Episode 149

Published: May 31, 2011, 4:56 p.m.

You've probably heard of many times when people knew that someone was hurt or might be hurt and they did not help.\xa0 How can we prevent that from happening?\xa0 You may have learned about bystander apathy and the concept of diffusion of responsibility.\xa0 But now what do we DO with what we know?\xa0 How can we put that knowledge into action?\xa0 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.\xa0 It's called the Checklist for Bystander Action.\xa0 Also take a look at the Bystander Store where you can order the poster's Dr. Banyard talked about in this episode.