Night-time economy (NTE) leisure zones, while providing local economic growth and
positive social experiences, are hotspots for urban public violence. Research aimed at better …

Online competitive multiplayer games (esports), although enabling positive social
interactions and skillset growth, are notoriously known for their prevalence of toxic …

Half a century of research on bystander behavior concludes that individuals are less likely to
intervene during an emergency when in the presence of others than when alone. By …

Second-order sexual harassment (SOSH) is the harassment suffered by those who stand
with and support victims of violence against women (VAW) 1. Because the vast majority of …

Are individuals willing to intervene in public violence? Half a century of research on the
“bystander effect” suggests that the more bystanders present at an emergency, the less likely …

When faced with situations of gender-based violence, one becomes exposed to risk in
giving support to the victim ( van Reemst, Fischer & WC Zwirs, 2015; Hamby, Weber, Grych …

Since the turn of the millennium researchers have access to an ever-increasing pool of
novel types of video recordings. People use camcorders, mobile phone cameras, and even …

Recent scientific literature has published about the Isolating Gender Violence (IGV), the
violence exerted by harassers against those who support their victims. IGV provokes …

This sequel to Randall Collins' world-influential micro-sociology of violence introduces the
question of time-dynamics: what determines how long conflict lasts and how much damage it …

Violence is central to social life, especially for people at the margins of urban society. This
article examines ethnographic data collected in Oslo among individuals who are involved in …