A compelling 25 minute DVD filmed on location in Liverpool using the James Bulger case to illustrate three key approaches to bystander behaviour:

1. Darley & Latane: the bystander effect
Uses case studies to illuminate the bystander effect, how Darley & Latane illustrated it and how pluralistic ignorance and diffusion of responsibility may be applied to the Bulger case.

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2. Piliavins: costs & benefits of intervention
Looks at the New York subway study and a contemporary British test, the Piliavins cost/benefit model and how these ideas might be applied to non-intervention in the Bulger cases.

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3. Levine: social identity
Mark Levine explains his football shirt study, social identity theory and its application to non-intervention in the Bulger case.

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