It is, of course, possible that he didn't intervene because it wasn't a rape. Sandusky claims that they were just "horsing around". The media have clearly convicted the coach but I prefer to wait for the court to make a determination.
-Don. ----- Original Message ----- From: Beth Benoit <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 10:27 am Subject: Re: [tips] Penn State abuse...not bystander apathy To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <[email protected]> > (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- > [email protected]> > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13157.966b795bc7f3ccb35e3da08aebe98f18&n=T&l=tips&o=14185or > send a blank email to > leave-14185-13157.966b795bc7f3ccb35e3da08aebe98...@fsulist.frostburg.edu Don Allen Retired professor Langara College --- 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=14188 or send a blank email to leave-14188-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
