Commitment, crime, and the responsive bystander: effect of the commitment form and conformism.
Research has shown that eliciting commitment is a valuable way of inciting people to act, even in emergencies and dangerous situations. The purpose of the two studies presented here was to explore the relation between the form of commitment used to prevent a crime and the moderating effect exerted b...
| Publicado en: | Psychology, Crime & Law Vol. 21; no. 1; pp. 1 - 9 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Jan2015
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=99207924&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 99207924 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 1068316X 7WL jtl: Psychology, Crime & Law issn: 1068316X maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jan2015 vid: 21 iid: 1 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd artinfo: ui: 99207924 10.1080/1068316X.2014.902457 ppf: 1 ppct: 8 formats: tig: atl: Commitment, crime, and the responsive bystander: effect of the commitment form and conformism. aug: au: Guéguen, Nicolas Dupré, Mickaël Georget, Patrice Sénémeaud, Cécile affil: Business Department, Université de Bretagne-Sud, Vannes, France Psychology Department, Université de Caen, Caen, France su: Commitment (Psychology) Crime Bystander effect (Psychology) Conformity Victims Automated teller machines sug: subj: Commitment (Psychology) Crime Bystander effect (Psychology) Conformity Victims Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing All other building equipment contractors Computer Terminal and Other Computer Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing Office and store machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers Office Equipment Merchant Wholesalers Other financial transactions processing and clearing house activities Other Building Equipment Contractors Automated teller machines keyword: bystander commitment conformity crime intervention responsibility bystander commitment conformity crime intervention responsibility ab: Research has shown that eliciting commitment is a valuable way of inciting people to act, even in emergencies and dangerous situations. The purpose of the two studies presented here was to explore the relation between the form of commitment used to prevent a crime and the moderating effect exerted by the number of passive observers of this crime. At a bus stop, a first confederate put a bag down on the ground upon arriving and immediately left to withdraw money from an automated teller machine near the bus stop. Two male participants were present at the bus stop. In Study 1, the confederate said nothing (control), directly asked one participant to watch his bag (direct commitment), or asked all present to watch his bag (indirect commitment). About 30 seconds later, a male confederate walked up to the victim's bag, picked it up, and quickly walked away in the opposite direction of the victim. A total of 150 participants (50 per condition) were observed. It was found that 34% intervened in the control condition, 88% in the direct commitment condition, and 56% in the indirect commitment condition. In Study 2, 150 participants (50 per condition) were observed while two male confederates were present at the bus stop with the instruction not to react to the theft. It was found that more intervention was found in the direct commitment condition (88%) than in the control condition (18%). However, the indirect commitment condition did not elicit higher intervention (22%). Variation in the level of personal responsibility to help the victim is used to explain these differences. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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