Social psychological phenomenon in which individuals are less likely to offer help to a victim when other people are present

No one helped : Kitty Genovese, New York City, and the myth of urban apathy / Marcia M. Gallo.

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No one helped : Kitty Genovese, New York City, and the myth of urban apathy / Marcia M. Gallo.