The Bystander Effect is a social psychological phenomenon that refers to situations in which individuals do not extend any means of help to a victim when others are present. One clear cause that underlies the basis of this occurrence is the number of people or, bystanders, involved. While this argument forms the basis of the effect, I also believe that ambiguity, or in this case, the diffusion of responsibility amongst those present, plays a deeper role in the passivity of the bystanders. I believe that as the number of bystanders increases, they will each experience a diminished responsibility towards aiding the person in need and as a result, ignore or pay minimal attention to the victim.…
The Bystander Effect is a psychological phenomenon that occurs when someone is less likely to help a victim when other people are around; the more people present, the less likely they are to help. The issue lies in the moral dilemma of whether someone should intervene or not. In an apparently unpopular opinion, compared to those 37 witnesses, intervention of saving someone's life is second nature. The 37 witnesses who succumbed to the Bystander Effect are disgraceful and remorseless.…
1. Explain the terms area of convergence and area of origin and explain what each term reveals to an investigator.…
“Court reform is a topic of constant conversation in legal circles. Do a search on the topic by going to Yahoo: http://www.yahoo.com. Then, under Search, type the phrase court reform. Is court reform needed to protect the values of the crime control model or the values of the due process model?”…
| When a crime is committed against them and they or someone else reports the crime committed against them.…
The author David Simon writes an informative article on the topic of a homicide unit in Baltimore. He writes this to let the citizens of Baltimore know how interrogation works. His book, Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets gives us a very detailed view on this. Homicide detectives work hard to get information out of suspects. They like to give their suspects a false hope of becoming free if they give up the info. They call this hope an imaginary window, an escape hatch in which they might be able to crawl out of. When done correctly the detectives can get all the information they need from the person. The guiltiest person is constantly the first person looking for an out; after all, if you’re not guilty what are you scared of? The interrogation is closely related to a performance, it that helps the detectives get “common ground” with his suspects when non-exist. When a suspect gets comfortable, he/she is more likely to talk. This “performance” is highly important because in Baltimore, a…
In Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets, David Simon focuses on the year experience he had with detectives in the Baltimore police departments homicide division and takes readers inside various homicide examinations in a standout amongst the most brutal urban communities in the U.S.…
Ousey, G. C. (2008). Murder. In V. N. Parrillo (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Social Problems (Vol. 2, pp. 603-604). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications Inc. Retrieved June 30, 2012 from http://go.galegroup.com.proxy.itt-tech.edu/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CCX3074000376&v=2.1&u=itted&it=r&p=GVRL.Encyclopedias1106&sw=w…
What are two of the different legal categories of homicide? Discuss each type and provide an example of a homicide that would fall under the category.…
In preparation for this assignment, please view the Jurisville scenarios and resulting simulations from Weeks 1 through 3 in Unit 1: Crime and Policing.…
Victim blaming. This refers to a situation where a crime occurs and the media and/or society portray invalid evidence to blame to the victim of a wrongful act and to say they have “inflicted harm on themselves”. According to Amel Ahmed, a writer for Aljazeera America, young Michael Brown was shot by police for stealing a box of cigars from a supermarket. Many people were shocked and horrified by police misuse of their weapon in this situation. Unfortunately, a few individuals used phrases such as “he deserved it” for defending the police officers behavior. This is an example of Victim blaming in today’s society. Michael Brown’s death is unjustified and an individual attempted to accuse Michael of false evidence such as, saying he was looking at the camera in the store and was making gestures similar to gang signs. Victim- blamers often use small or irrelevant evidence such as this to manipulate the situation into justifying what the criminals (Police) have…
Most commonly people have a bitter hatred for the police. This is because beside the news tending to hype things up, they continue to make the young African American youth the Michael Brown’s and Shawn Bell’s in their communities. With that kind of corruption, the officers that continue to commit these haneous crimes and get away with them make all police officers look bad. When in fact there are only a few bad eggs in the basket. I’m not here to state how bad the police are, I just want people to know that misconduct does happen, it is real and it’s wrong. These minority officers are making the streets dangerous for our youth and for the officers that want to do their job properly. I believe that the murders, corruption and brutality is a definite problem with those officers that are commiting these crimes. Not saying that all police commit these crimes and that all police are corrupt however from Ferguson to Brooklyn to Boston, MA who’s safe? We absolutely need the police officers who lay their lives down at every watch the public, however we need to weed out the bad eggs so that we can pave a safer road for the civilians and officers of the future.…
Crime is an unfortunate part of many people’s lives - both for the victim of the crime and also the suspect. There are many theories as to why crimes happen, who commits the crimes, and why crimes happen to certain people. Not all crimes can be solved, or questions answered but these theories give a peek into the thinking or background behind some crimes that are committed.…
This Plan of action is ambiguous and confusing. From the oral statements that were made from you I believe you wish for me to write a 1500 word essay on the (Importance of Accountability in the army) i.e.: appropriate place of duty, proper place and proper time. I Pride myself on being a soldier that is accountable for his actions at all times. The reason for this essay is, I did not follow proper orders and was not at my correct place of duty for work call, due to miscommunication through higher, but there is still no excuse for me to be undisciplined and not informing my chain. A soldier should be at right place and right time as soldier. There are many reasons why you should be at your place of duty at the right time as a soldier. The most important reason being the soldier’s safety and accountability. That’s why it’s implemented by the NCO's appointed over them. NCO’s tells you that you need to be at a location, on time; therefore you need to be there. Your NCO is only trying to help you. NCO’s want what is best for soldier’s. This shows structure in soldiers in and the soldiers' unit. As soldiers there are daily missions that call for them to be at the right place and right time. It's not a good look on a soldier when they can’t do a simple task such right place and right time. This actually shows that the soldier can’t be depended on when they are needed. This hinders a soldier when they are being look at for any promotions or special awards. As a soldier you want to make a great impression on leaders and not being able to make it on time is not acceptable. It would make things run much smoother when solders are at the appropriate place of duty on time all the time. If no one is at the right place and right time it sets the mission back.…
Analysing the structures, hierarchies, dogmas and beliefs that form Indian society is a complex matter. It requires an understanding of the sacred texts and religions, traditions and customs, norms and practices, ideologies and outlooks, and also of the various events in which Indian society is rooted. The colonisation of India by the British is one such event. The hegemonies imposed on India resulted in the dominance of Western thought and education and prepared the country for the economic competition that the world was tending towards. This caused a major shift from the rigid ways of the caste system and new classes seemed to emerge propelled by financial power. The beliefs that had dominated society for hundreds of years underwent dynamic changes and many superstitions and myths were exposed.…