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

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The concept of diffusion of responsibility suggests that individuals are less likely to take action in an emergency situation when there are other people present because the responsibility to help is shared among the group. This can lead to a bystander effect where everyone assumes that someone else will take responsibility and intervene. In the case of Kitty Genovese, the fact that so many of her neighbors heard her cries but failed to intervene suggests a diffusion of responsibility among them.

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