%0 Journal Article
%T On the Actual Risk of Bystander Intervention:  A Statistical Study Based on Naturally Occurring Violent Emergencies
%A Lasse Suonper£¿ Liebst
%A Marie Bruvik Heinskou
%A Peter Ejbye-Ernst
%J Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency
%@ 1552-731X
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/0022427817710776
%X Bystander studies have rarely considered the victimization risk associated with intervention into violent, dangerous emergencies. To address this gap, we aim to identify factors that influence bystanders¡¯ risk of being physically victimized. We observed bystander behavior from video surveillance footage of naturally occurring violence in nighttime economy settings, and data were analyzed with a logistic regression model. Data show that approximately one of the six interventions results in some type of victimization, typically with a relatively low degree of severity. The bystander¡¯s social group membership, the setting of the emergency, and the bystander¡¯s intervention type are estimated as risk factors for victimization. Previous research suggests that a bystander¡¯s social group membership with victims promotes intervention behavior. Our results expand the role of social group membership as being a factor that also influences whether the intervening bystander is victimized
%K bystander victimization
%K group dynamics
%K violent behavior
%K CCTV footage
%K video data analysis
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0022427817710776