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    people watching crime-related shows every week, it is not surprising that the effect of their popularity has become evident in the real world, specifically in real-life criminal trials. Science is bow thought of as a method of catching and convicting criminals, and forensic investigators are basically the heroes who are capable of…

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    Bystander Effect

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    The bystander effect refers to the idea that people are less likely to offer help when other people are around. According to the theory, the larger amount of people that are present, the less likely people are to offer help (Cherry). Kitty Genovese was murdered in front of over thirty people and not a single person stepped in or even called the police. The bystander effect is to blame for her murder. When there is an emergency situation, people are more likely to help if there are less people…

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    The bystander effect is a phenomenon where people are less likely to help if others are present. According to a survey done by the US Department of Justice, 84% of police officers have stated that they’ve directly witnessed a fellow officer using more force during an arrest than was necessary. II. Lead into topic: This is a jarring statistic because it shows just how easy police officers find it to use force, and how much they can get caught up in the moment, which leads to cases of extreme…

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    Would you stick up for someone being harassed for their wealth, religious view, or political view? In the text “The Harvest Gypsies” and “Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech” the authors explain what it’s like to have all those things done to you. For that reason, bystanders are guilty if they don’t help a situation because they have the power to change it for the better. In the text “The Harvest Gypsies” bystanders watched as poor families struggled to get by and did nothing to help. For example, as…

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    Martin Luther King Jr. once said “In the end we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends”. In the texts “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson and Elie Wiesel's acceptance speech, they both have bystanders that do not help out when it came to harming humans. People just stand around watching others get hurt and that's why no one believes in good people, that leads me to say bystanders are not innocent. In “The Lottery” people gather around every year to watch or join…

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    In the Documentary “Witness”, Bill Genovese whose sister Catherine “kitty Genovese was fatally stabbed in front of her apartment in Kew Gardens, Queens was very determined to find out what happened the night his sister died. 38 could have prevent the attacks on Kitty Genovese from occurring if they had just intervened or called the police, one person called the police but it wasn’t until after she was dead. In the documentary Bill Genovese sort out the victims to find out why they didn’t take…

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    The Ripple Effect

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    A ripple effect is when an event or an action continues to happen, when thinking about sexual harassment, this is something that happens often. In most scenarios sexual harassment comes first, followed by sexual assault and/or rape. Although many people think that sexual assault and rape are the same concept, they are not. Sexual assault includes unwanted sexual contact; rape includes unwanted penetration. All of these actions are wrong, but all of these actions unfortunately happen. The…

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    Night Bystanders Essay

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    Bystanders were people who were fearful and played it safe. A. These people chose not to help with the Nazi Victims, being fearful of the consequences. B. During World War II many just stood by and watched the cruel acts happen. The children of the holocaust had their lives very rough throughout the tragic event. A. These children were tortured by their teachers in front of the class before the Jews were forbidden to go to school. B. Children risked their lives in the ghetto by smuggling…

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    Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister is a novel based off Cinderella. The story departs from the original in many ways and follows the stepsisters, Iris and Ruth for a majority of the book, later introducing Clara van den Meer or Cinderella and her family. The characters and narrator are constantly bringing up beauty as a curse. The author also shows a lot of changes in the form of Clara and the household in general. Possibly the biggest difference from the classic Cinderella story and…

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    “Cinderelly Cinderelly” call Jaq and Gus mocking Cinderella’s stepsisters. All the mice and birds Cinderella has saved are angry at Lady Tremaine, Cinderella’s stepmother, for not letting Cinderella design a gown ball. Jaq loves Cinderella because she waived him from being eaten by Lucifer, the cat. She loves him like family even those he's a little mouse. Cinderella did not obtain the trait of loving things from her stepfamily; however, she got it from her animal family. Cinderella’s most…

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