Bystander Psychology: Why Some Witnesses to Crime Do Nothing | Healthland | TIME.com - 18 views
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However, the type of group we’re in and the relationships we have with its members, and with outsiders, do tend to influence how likely or unlikely we may be to help.
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Sophie Collis on 29 Jan 12I'd understand how if you were with a group of friends, then they might distract you from the crimea bit, but would't a crime THAT BIG, a stabbing, overpower any other social relationship you might be in at the moment?
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When the actions of a group are public and visible, insiders who behave in an unacceptable way — doing things that “contravene the norms of the group,” Levine says — may actually be punished by the group more harshly than an outsider would be for the same behavior.
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In this case, even if you didn't want to physically stop the stabbing, you wouldn't draw too much attention to yourself if you just called 911 on your cell phone.
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But many more questions center on Mike McQueary, who is still employed by Penn State; he witnessed child rape firsthand in 2002, when he was a graduate assistant coach, but did not alert the police.
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I'd think that they would want to fire both the coach and Mike McQueary: the coach for not enforcing better moral values, and Mike for committing the crime of not contacting the police. In fact, I see no reason at all to keep Mike on the team at all from what he just did.
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