An Example Of Bystander Apathy
The Bystander effect or Bystander apathy is a phenomenon in which a person (or persons) do not offer their help to a person in need. Many people believed that when there is an emergency people is more likely to provide assistance. However, the greater number of bystanders the less is likely to offer their help to the person (or persons) in need.
On March 13, Catherine Genovese was murdered in front of her apartment building, after being stabbed twice in the back for a man named Winston Moseley. She screamed and asked for help, several of her neighbors heard her cries but none of them helped her unless for one who shouted at the criminal: ¨let that girl alone!¨, Winston went away but, after a while Catherine was still there, lying in the ground,
On March 13, Catherine Genovese was murdered in front of her apartment building, after being stabbed twice in the back for a man named Winston Moseley. She screamed and asked for help, several of her neighbors heard her cries but none of them helped her unless for one who shouted at the criminal: ¨let that girl alone!¨, Winston went away but, after a while Catherine was still there, lying in the ground,