Why do mobs sometimes just watch when violence erupts, even as the very marrow of your bones screams to do something? That viral beating that took place in Cincinnati recently, and was watched by ...

If you were walking down the street and saw a fight, would you call the cops? If someone you barely know, on Facebook, mentioned ending their life would you reach out and help? Most people probably ...

Once again we find ourselves approaching that time of year when, as George Washington and Abraham Lincoln proclaimed, we’re supposed to give thanks as a nation and as individuals for our safety and ...

As we witness President Trump’s daily attacks on the rule of law, constitutional rights and democracy, I recall an incident from 1964, the year I graduated high school. In the early morning hours of ...

In 1964, a woman named Kitty Genovese was murdered in Queens, New York. According to a widely cited New York Times report, 38 ...

The bystander effect can create friendship decay, using the excuses of convenience and space. Here's how to identify when you should step in for a friend. The “bystander effect” is something we all ...

In February 1993, 2-year-old James Bulger was abducted from a shopping centre in Liverpool, England, before being murdered hours later. The most shocking element of this case is often considered to be ...

Imagine you're in a huge crowd of people walking down a busy street. You see a person fall to the ground nearby, would you help? Though most people instinctively say yes, research in social psychology ...

Earlier this week, a 16-year old Long Island, New York boy, Khaseen Morris, was ambushed by several juveniles on his way home from school. Khaseen was brutally beaten and stabbed to death as many of ...