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Shirah Jacobs
Shirah Jacobs
Jan 30, 2017 · 1 min read

Second: Assess the Situation

Every situation with the potential for violence can be described with 4 questions:

  1. How immediate is the violence?
  2. What kind of violence is it?
  3. What is your relationship to the parties involved?
Shirah Jacobs
Shirah Jacobs
Jan 30, 2017 · 1 min read

First: Be Alert, Notice the Problem

Basically, noticing someone acting threatening, or noticing someone acting threatened. This can be based on both verbal and non-verbal indicators. Some indicators are listed below, although more complete lists can be found in the resources linked at the end of this…

Shirah Jacobs
Shirah Jacobs
Jan 30, 2017 · 2 min read

How To: Active Bystander

**Disclaimer: I have no official training in de-escalation or advocacy for victims of violence. I have merely done research and am sharing what I’ve found.**

So far, all the content on this blog has been assignments from a product design class I took last…

Shirah Jacobs
Shirah Jacobs
Jan 30, 2017 · 2 min read

Active Bystander Resources

Bystander Intervention Playbook, by Virginia Tech, provides options for scripts or how to intervene in escalating violence. It is oriented to college parties (and might be a little condescending) but it’s methods can be extrapolated and built on to work for a wider range of…

Shirah Jacobs
Shirah Jacobs
Dec 17, 2015 · 2 min read

Pitch

I started with my top 5 ideas. In class, we made Pugh charts. This is the one I made: