In the early morning hours of March 13, 1964, Kitty Genovese was attacked by a random man just steps away from her home in the New York City borough of Queens. Her pleas for help were heard by a ...
Since the infamous murder of Kitty Genovese in 1964, the bystander effect has been a recognized psychological phenomenon that occurs when one or more individuals do not intervene in a dangerous or ...
What do Covid-19 vaccination and the stabbing death of a woman outside of her New York City apartment have in common? The bystander effect. The bystander effect concept emerged after Catherine “Kitty” ...