NCJ Number
101188
Journal
Victimology Volume: 10 Issue: 1-4 Dated: (1985) Pages: 461-475
Date Published
1985
Length
15 pages
Annotation
The role of the general public in coming to the aid of the victim of crime has been of peripheral concern to victimologists. Consequently, this paper will focus on four rather wider traditions which have touched on the question of bystander intervention.
Abstract
The most commonly recognized of these is psychological The most commonly recognized of these is psychological research on public response to individuals in trouble following crime, illness, accident etc. In addition, the paper considers the design tradition precipitated by the concept of 'defensible space,' the methodological tradition concerned with agents responsible for reporting crime to the police, and the welfare tradition, centering on public participation in the helping process. In conclusion, the different, as well as similar, findings of these various perspectives will be discussed in an attempt to summarize and explain bystander intervention and nonintervention. (Author abstract)