Question

What percentage of sexual assaults begin to happen in the presence of a bystander who could take action to intervene?

Answer 1

ANSWER: 28%

EXPLANATION: There are several situations where people or bystanders are just a mere spectators when a crime is occurring. The bystanders do not offer help to the victim. It has been found that it is called as Bystander Effect and has been classified as social psychological phenomenon. Greater the number of bystanders, less is the probability that the victim will get a help from them.

Answer 2

13% of sexual assaults occur in the presence of a pedestrian who may have done something to stop the assault.

A sexual assault is when through coercion or physical force a person touches another with sexual intentions without the consent of the person. Sexual aggression can be given from one person to another of the opposite sex, or to another person of the same sex, and can occur at any age. Sexual aggression includes sexual attack and groping.

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