ISMP has often been invited to assist organizations in their analysis of sentinel events. During our discussions, practitioners have sometimes shared an uncomfortable truth with us regarding these ...

There’s little debate about the fact that there’s no place for harassment at conventions like Comic-Con. People go to conventions to have fun, and just about everyone realizes that being verbally or ...

A new study using closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage from cities in multiple countries has found that bystanders in large numbers may be much more helpful in emergency situations than we thought ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The bystander effect, or bystander apathy, was first popularized in ...

I had an unusual reaction to the George Floyd video. Maybe my subconscious was trying to insulate me from the graphic images of yet another Black man being brutalized, but I found myself fixated on ...

A frequent Fox News guest, who touts himself as a law enforcement expert due to his brief tenure with the New York Police Department, groused that “bystander apathy” led to the deaths of four people ...

Imagine you're in a huge crowd of people walking down a busy street. You see a person fall to the ground nearby, would you help? Though most people instinctively say yes, research in social psychology ...

In April 2014, nine bloggers and journalists were arrested in Ethiopia. Several of these men and women had worked with Zone9, a collective blog that covered social and political issues in Ethiopia and ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Nowadays, it seems that people pay more attention to what's on their phone than what's going on around them. But it turns out, if you're in public and need help, a good Samaritan ...

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For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. In a group, individuals feel less inclined to take action. [iStockphoto] Imagine you're in ...