Victim Assistance
Victim Assistance When a person experiences a crisis they may require assistance. The person experiencing the crisis may look for that assistance from people who may have witness the crisis, or showed up after the crisis, but when assistance is still needed. People will respond to emergency situations in different way. Some may assist or call for assistance, and some may not respond or assist to the occurring emergency the manner in which people respond to situation can be influenced by many factors. Factors that are inclusive of relationships formed in infancy and social surroundings. This essay will discuss and define the ways that situations can lead to a particular behavior. Some of those behaviors can include the dispersal of accountability,
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The reason to assist a person in distress is self-evident, conversely, there are several reasons that a perison may not offer assistance to a person who is experiencing a crisis. (Berkley, 2009) One reason that a person may not assist a person in distress is because of diffusion of responsibility. According to the more people there are at the science of a crisis, the less “the less responsible each individual feels.” When there is only one person who available to respond to a crisis, that person is 100% responsible for proving assistance. However, if there are 10 people who witness the crisis, then the responsibly is distributed equally, thus the responsibility is defused among those present. When there are multiply people present, there may be an assumption that someone else in the group will assist, or may have a better skill set to respond to the situation. An issues that may arise if everyone makes the assumption that someone else will assist, is that, no one will lend assistance. There is other reason that people do not assist, pluralistic ignorance is another such …show more content…
As such, a person may gauge their reaction on the behavior of others, before deciding to respond. If, there is a sense of emergency, then the response will be reflective if that emergency. converse, if there is no sense of an emergency, then it is likely that people will fail to respond or
The reason to assist a person in distress is self-evident, conversely, there are several reasons that a perison may not offer assistance to a person who is experiencing a crisis. (Berkley, 2009) One reason that a person may not assist a person in distress is because of diffusion of responsibility. According to the more people there are at the science of a crisis, the less “the less responsible each individual feels.” When there is only one person who available to respond to a crisis, that person is 100% responsible for proving assistance. However, if there are 10 people who witness the crisis, then the responsibly is distributed equally, thus the responsibility is defused among those present. When there are multiply people present, there may be an assumption that someone else in the group will assist, or may have a better skill set to respond to the situation. An issues that may arise if everyone makes the assumption that someone else will assist, is that, no one will lend assistance. There is other reason that people do not assist, pluralistic ignorance is another such …show more content…
As such, a person may gauge their reaction on the behavior of others, before deciding to respond. If, there is a sense of emergency, then the response will be reflective if that emergency. converse, if there is no sense of an emergency, then it is likely that people will fail to respond or