“…As a result, schools have implemented anonymous hotlines and e-mail systems designed to mitigate the problematic code of silence (Teicher, 2006; Wilson-Simmons, Dash, Tehranifar, O’Donnell, & Stueve, 2006; Wylie et al, 2010) and employed bystander prevention programs to encourage young people to be more active about speaking up and stopping the problematic behaviors of their peers (Lodge & Frydenberg, 2005; Twemlow, Fonagy, & Sacco, 2004). In addition, Larkin (2009) has suggested that, post-Columbine, students have become more likely to respond to threats by reporting them rather than acquiescing to the code of silence.…”