According to reports (Rosenthal,1964),many of Kitty Genovese's unresponsive neighbours did hear her crying out,"Oh my God,he stabbed me! Please help me! Please help me!" This suggests that the reason that her neighbours failed to intervene followed from

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Diffusion of responsibility refers to the phenomenon where individuals assume that someone else will help or take responsibility, leading to a lack of action from all individuals in the group. In the case of Kitty Genovese, many of her neighbours likely assumed that someone else would intervene or take responsibility, leading to a lack of action and a failure to help.

According to Reports (Rosenthal,1964),many of Kitty Genovese's Unresponsive Neighbours Did