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Citation

Tisak MS, Lewis T, Jankowski AM. Aggressive Behav. 1997; 23(3): 149-160.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1997, International Society for Research on Aggression, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

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Abstract

The purpose of the current research was to investigate adolescent offenders' perspectives about responses to interpersonal aggressive encounters, Specifically, participants' perspectives were assessed regarding the role of a bystander when either a friend or an acquaintance of the bystander was the victim of an aggressive act. Two aggressive acts were presented. First, the bystander witnessed an acquaintance stealing from the victim. Second, the bystander witnessed an acquaintance hitting the victim. Participants were asked to indicate (a) if the bystander would do anything (bystander expected behavior), (b) what the bystander would do (expected behavioral action), (c) if the action would be the right thing to do (evaluation of bystander expected behavioral action), and (d) what the bystander should do in response to the violation (prescribed bystander behavioral action), Results indicate that the adolescent offenders' perspectives varied as a function of offender status, type of aggressive act, as well as relationship of the victim to the bystander.

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