Bystander Intervention in Street Violence: Current Evidence and Implications for Practice

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  • Lasse Suonperä Liebst
  • Richard Philpot
  • Marie Bruvik Heinskou
  • Marie Rosenkrantz Lindegaard

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7146/samfundsokonomen.v2018i4.140623

Resumé

In street violence, bystanders are a potential resource for crime prevention, as they tend to be present when the police are absent. This paper describes evidence of bystanders taking an active role in the prevention of violence and considers implications for crime prevention initiatives.

Forfatterbiografier

Lasse Suonperä Liebst

Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen

Richard Philpot

Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen

Marie Bruvik Heinskou

Commissioning Editor, Hans Reitzels Forlag

Marie Rosenkrantz Lindegaard

Associate Professor Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen & Senior Researcher Netherlands Institute for Crime and Law Enforcement

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Publiceret

2018-09-13

Citation/Eksport

Liebst, L. S., Philpot, R., Heinskou, M. B. og Lindegaard, M. R. (2018) “Bystander Intervention in Street Violence: Current Evidence and Implications for Practice”, Samfundsøkonomen, 2018(4). doi: 10.7146/samfundsokonomen.v2018i4.140623.

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Årg. 2018 Nr. 4 (2018): Kriminalitet

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