what if you were put in the position to defend someone. Would you do it? Most people’s initial response would be: “Yes! Of course!” But are you willing to get involved and possibly take the risk of being accused? Taking a second guess? I believe bystanders have an obligation to get involved in whatever case comes up in the safest possible manner. As an example‚ I will be using the cases of Shanda Sharer. Shanda was a girl being tortured by four other girls her age‚ at first. Two of the girls‚ Lawrence
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Bullies vs Bystanders According to “Tales of Bullying” more than 15‚000 kids got suspended in 2008-2009 because of bullying and bystanders helping them. Bullying has caused lots of suicides. Also bullying has caused depression and other sorts of things. Bullying is a terrible thing that a lot of people can do. A bystander is far worse than a bully because of they keep the bullies’ courage up‚ they are helping a suicide‚ and they can simply can stop the bullying.
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“Tales of Bullying‚” bullying can result in suicide‚ depression‚ and just why would you want to put someone down? You may ask one of the reasons could be they felt left out so they feel that you should too. I also think a bully is worse than a bystander because they can cause suicides‚ guilt‚ and they lose trust. I would not lose trust from my family just to bully somebody. I don’t know about you but I don’t get a good feeling when I put someone down. That is pretty crazy if you like putting people
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old Jason Cisneros got shot‚ while trying to protect a woman from an attacker. Maybe this is why so many people won’t try to help others that are in danger‚ bystanders are afraid that if they intervene‚ they’ll get hurt or in trouble for doing the wrong thing or they simply just don’t want to get involved. That’s why I believe the bystander law should be enforced mainly because there will be less robberies less murderers knowing there will be many people watching‚ and person seeing these things occur
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Who do you think the Holocaust is truly to blame for? As many people would say‚ the true guilty one is Adolf Hitler‚ the man who commanded the death of millions. However‚ bystanders were just as guilty as the perpetrators for not helping the victims in times of need. This is because the moment you become a bystander‚ you are immediately taking responsibility for what the perpetrators do. As Elie Wiesel himself said‚ “To forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time.” As you may
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Bystander Attitudes. A list of 20 prosocial bystander behaviors will be given to participants. Participants will be asked to indicate their level of willingness to engage in that particular prosocial bystander behavior using a five-point Likert scale (where 1 = not willing at all and 5 = extremely willing). A total score on bystander attitudes will be obtained by adding the ratings across the items. Prosocial Personality Orientations. The Prosocial Personality Battery (PSB) will be used to measure
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Being a bully or a bystander is a bad choice to make in your life. The issue is getting worse every single day. Killing their self‚ cutting their self‚ depressed a lot‚ skipping school‚ taking drugs‚ and mostly 95% of them cry their selves to sleep at night. In my opinion because of Brain Pop‚ I think bystanders are worse than bullies because they just sit there and watch people get hurt. Everyone gets bullied at some point and some age! As you can see‚ Brain pop teaches a lot! Students get bullied
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While telling a story‚ details are often spared; in the story of Kitty Genovese‚ the information we are usually supplied with excludes various details about the mysterious girl. The documentary‚ The Witness‚ revealed details about the night of Kitty’s murder‚ her personal life and the lives of her family members. In the documentary The Witness‚ various details were uncovered by Kitty’s brother‚ about the night of her murder. Kitty’s brother went back to the apartment complex where kitty once lived
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Unfortunate Circumstance by:Gilary Ramirez The Victimization Theory that would best explain why Jennifer Hawke-Petit‚ Hayley Petit‚ and Michaela Petit were chosen as victims by Joshua Komisarjevsky and Steven Hayes is the Theory of Passive Precipitation. This theory states that a victim may be unknowingly exhibiting characteristics that would provoke an attack from a criminal. In this particular case‚ Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her daughter‚ Michaela Petit
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Journal 2 There are four main groups that influence us greatly‚ such as social facilitation‚ social loafing‚ bystander effect‚ and group polarization. Such as Social Facilitation‚ it means that your behavior in front of the presence of others helps you be better at it then if you were alone. Group polarization is influenced by others reason being is that you already believe something they believe in but they encourage you or influence you to believe in it more without telling you too. Social loafing
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