What is Bystander Intervention?
Bystander intervention refers to taking active steps to intervene, mitigate or prevent harassment of any form. Individuals who are considering taking steps to intervene must weigh a number of factors before deciding to take action, utmost among these concerns is the safety of the subject of the harassment and the bystander’s safety. If direct intervention is not advisable, then consider strategies for indirect intervention. The resources below provide detailed information on strategies for safe and effective intervention.
Resources for Bystander Intervention
- Bystander Intervention – The Five Stages, (Darley and Latane, 1968) posted by Princeton University
- Developing Skills to Intervene, Princeton University
- Your Role in Preventing Sexual Assault, by RAINN
- Bystander Intervention Resources, National Sexual Violence Resource Center
- Workplace Civility and Bystander Intervention Training
- In the Select Task Force on the Study of Harassment in the Workplace by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
- Promising Practices for Preventing Harassment
- In the Select Task Force on the Study of Harassment in the Workplace by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
APSA Bystander Intervention Training
APSA Bystander Intervention Training Sessions at the 2022 APSA Annual Meeting
In person and virtual session available:
Date/Time:
- Session I: Thursday, September 15, 2022, at 12:00pm – 1:30am PDT (in person)
- Session II: Friday, September 16, 2022 at 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm PDT (virtual)
Description: In keeping with the APSA Anti-harassment Policy for annual meetings, conferences and workshops, APSA expects meeting attendees to be able to enjoy a safe, professional meeting environment in which they can engage in their professional and scholarly pursuits, free from harassment, bullying, or intimidation of any form. To that end, APSA will provide this training to provide strategies and examples of how meeting attendees can help ensure that we maintain a culture of respect and professionalism, where the free exchange of ideas is able to flourish.
To RSVP and for questions: email diversityprograms@apsanet.org
The APSA RESPECT Campaign encourages “professional respect” by and towards all APSA annual meeting attendees and participants at all times. Respect stands for Respectful, Equitable, Safe, Professional, and Ethical Conduct Towards All. The APSA Sexual Harassment Survey Report and Anti-Harassment Policy (code of conduct) address the importance of facilitating a climate of respect at the annual meeting.