Bystanders Have a Responsibility to Do What They Can

Sam Staley teaches self-defense martial art To-Shin Do at Renegade Boxing Club in Tallahassee, Florida. It is the author of two novels on bullying, "The Soul of the Warrior" and "The Traitor". He is on Twitter

A bystander is responsible for intervention when witnessing a violent crime. Trust and personal freedom required to maintain community depend on our ability to talk to violence. Violent crime is the core of a free society. The only real problem is what form of intervention should be taken.

In self-defense courses, we spend a lot of time teaching beginners how to use their voice. There are many practical uses such as allowing students to adjust their breathing and carry out defensive techniques and movements more effectively. A more fundamental goal is to raise students' awareness about the powerful effects that loud and strong voices can play in destroying attacks. Many attackers behave like predators and identify targets through perceived weaknesses. A powerful voice projects power and informs the attacker that his opinion may be wrong. It also attracted other people's attention to the attack.

Calling 911 may be something that some bystanders can go. Police officers etc in other countries may be able to completely stop attacks.

But perhaps the more important role of the sound is that it could damage attacks on others. The simple act of shouting as "stop" can turn onlookers into guardians

Of course, individuals need to decide on their own the level of intervention they can take. For some people just call 911. Personal intervention, such as law enforcement officials and citizens who have never been trained in martial arts, may directly counteract the threat or even completely end the attack. After the explosion of the Boston marathon, dozens of medical professionals in the field apply diverting to save lives

Regardless of their skills, onlookers have an obligation to stand up against those who were attacked. Our free society depends on it

The attractive aspect of the bystander effect is the spread of responsibility. The general assumption that has been tested is that bystanders are unlikely to be helpful as the number of bystanders increases (Darley and Latane, 1968). Social influence enhanced this idea. The passive social influence of bystanders affects the dissemination of responsibility and maximizes the effect of bystanders. According to Aronson, Wilson, and Akert (2013), you can learn social behavior, but social behavior is defined as acting for the benefit of others. Altruism is called (Aronson, Wilson, & Akert, 2013) to help others, even if it does not benefit the donor or it may cost you. The special element, the bystander effect has a big influence on whether people will help others. The bystander effect is shown as a number

The bystander effect or bystander indifference is a psychosocial phenomenon, and the possibility of individuals providing assistance to victims when other people are present is low. The more the number of bystanders, the less likely that anyone of them will help them. There are a number of factors that contribute to the impact of bystanders, including ambiguity, cohesion, and expansion of responsibilities. (Https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bystander_effect) News and social media recently show countless examples of this phenomenon. Two gentlemen were two students arrested at a black sitting at Starbucks, the American indigenous people who visited the University of Colorado campus and conducted experiments at a fast food restaurant, customers can be theirs It shows that the sex is high. When hamburgers are being bullied, they say it when they see a little boy they are being bullied for.