Objective: Accumulating evidence shows that bystanders witnessing public disputes frequently intervene to help. However, little is known regarding the risks entailed for those bystanders who enter the fray to stop conflicts. This study systematically examined the prevalence of bystander victimizations and the associated risk factors. Method: Data were a cross-national sample of 93 surveillance camera recordings of real-life public disputes, capturing the potential victimizations of 417 intervening and 636 nonintervening bystanders. Results: Data showed that interveners were rarely physically harmed-at a rate of 3.6%-and noninterveners were virtually never victimized. Confirmatory regression results showed that conflict party affiliation was a moderately robust predictor of bystander victimization. The gender of the intervener was a highly fragile risk factor. More severe conflicts were not associated with a higher victimization likelihood. Conclusions: Our findings highlight the value of naturalistic observation for bystander research and emphasize the need for evidence-based bystander intervention recommendations. Data, materials, and postprint are available at osf.io/vyutj.

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跨国CCTV录像显示，在公共冲突中，旁观者干预者的受害风险较低。

目标：越来越多的证据表明，目击公众争端的旁观者经常进行干预以提供帮助。但是，对于那些参加竞争以制止冲突的旁观者带来的风险知之甚少。这项研究系统地检查了旁观者受害的发生率以及相关的危险因素。方法：数据是对93个现实生活中的公共纠纷的监视摄像机录像的跨国样本，捕获了417名干预者和636名非干预者的潜在受害者。结果：数据显示，干预者很少受到身体伤害（3.6％的比率），非干预者几乎从未受到伤害。验证性回归结果显示，冲突方隶属关系是旁观者受害程度的中等预测指标。干预者的性别是一个高度脆弱的危险因素。更严重的冲突与更高的受害可能性无关。结论：我们的发现突出了自然观察对旁观者研究的价值，并强调了基于证据的旁观者干预建议的必要性。数据，材料和后期打印可从osf.io/vyutj获得。