(Note that I changed the subject heading!) Even if someone were required to report to a legal authority doesn't excuse - or perhaps have much bearing on - why a person who observed the rape didn't intervene at the time it was happening.
Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 1:06 PM, Brandon, Paul K <[email protected]>wrote: > Problem is that the connection to Penn State was tangential -- while it > involved a Penn State Athletic Department employee, most of the contact was > in the context of the private foundation that he set up to connect with > young boys. One or more of the incidents happened on university property, > which is how they became involved. > > The problem was that everyone from McQueary on up to the president met the > minimum legal requirement in Pennsylvania of reporting the event to his > superior. It got bumped all the way up to the president, who did not take > adequate action, so the buck stopped there. > > Parenthetically, in Minnesota McQueary would have been legally required to > make a report directly to a legal authority (varies by county); he would > not have been able to simple pass the report on up. > Such is our Federal system. > > On Nov 15, 2011, at 10:27 AM, Beth Benoit wrote: > > This take on the horrible story about child abuse at UPenn troubled me, > since the story of the coach who observed the little boy being raped in the > shower is NOT a very good example of "bystander apathy." It doesn't really > fit what we know about bystander apathy, particularly the most important > concept: that the more people there are, the less likely one will step > forward. With only one observer, it's more likely that that one person > will feel responsible. > > Of course there are other parts to the "bystander effect," and "lack of > knowledge" might loosely fit here - that is, Coach McQueary may have been a > little unsure what he should do, but that doesn't really seem relevant > either. But I hate to see this story dubbed an example of the bystander > effect. > > > http://healthland.time.com/2011/11/11/bystander-psychology-why-some-witnesses-to-crime-do-nothing/?xid=gonewsedit > > Beth Benoit > Granite State College > Plymouth State University > New Hampshire > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13105.b9b37cdd198e940b73969ea6ba7aaf72&n=T&l=tips&o=14184 > or send a blank email to > leave-14184-13105.b9b37cdd198e940b73969ea6ba7aa...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=14185 or send a blank email to leave-14185-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
