“Bad things happen [be]cause good people do nothing.” A study on how residents of Athlone and it's suburbs view their roles as bystanders
| dc.contributor.advisor | Moult, Kelley | |
| dc.contributor.author | Geyer, Riyaaz | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-03-02T09:44:31Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-03-02T09:44:31Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2023-02-20T12:48:15Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | Bystander behaviour in Social psychology and criminology has often been discussed in terms of classic theory (as the bystander effect), bystander intervention for the purpose of crime prevention, situational factors impacting intervention or whether bystanders actually intervene. Other studies have looked at individual motivations for intervention, for example altruism/egoism. This study looks at how bystanders understand intervention and ultimately how they might perceive their roles as bystanders in one community in Cape Town – the broader Athlone area in the Cape Flats. Using a survey (n=60), carried out with both pen and paper and online modes of administration, the study found that bystanders in the Athlone not only often engage in prosocial intervening behaviour, but their view themselves fitting between an altruistic up keeper of social norms and an egoist actively negotiating the risks involved with intervening because there is concern for their own safety. The study also finds that regardless of the controversial position law enforcement and police hold in South Africa, many members of the Athlone community would rely on them when intervention is required. | |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Geyer, R. (2022). <i>“Bad things happen [be]cause good people do nothing.” A study on how residents of Athlone and it's suburbs view their roles as bystanders</i>. (). ,Faculty of Law ,Department of Public Law. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/37136 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Geyer, Riyaaz. <i>"“Bad things happen [be]cause good people do nothing.” A study on how residents of Athlone and it's suburbs view their roles as bystanders."</i> ., ,Faculty of Law ,Department of Public Law, 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/37136 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Geyer, R. 2022. “Bad things happen [be]cause good people do nothing.” A study on how residents of Athlone and it's suburbs view their roles as bystanders. . ,Faculty of Law ,Department of Public Law. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/37136 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Master Thesis AU - Geyer, Riyaaz AB - Bystander behaviour in Social psychology and criminology has often been discussed in terms of classic theory (as the bystander effect), bystander intervention for the purpose of crime prevention, situational factors impacting intervention or whether bystanders actually intervene. Other studies have looked at individual motivations for intervention, for example altruism/egoism. This study looks at how bystanders understand intervention and ultimately how they might perceive their roles as bystanders in one community in Cape Town – the broader Athlone area in the Cape Flats. Using a survey (n=60), carried out with both pen and paper and online modes of administration, the study found that bystanders in the Athlone not only often engage in prosocial intervening behaviour, but their view themselves fitting between an altruistic up keeper of social norms and an egoist actively negotiating the risks involved with intervening because there is concern for their own safety. The study also finds that regardless of the controversial position law enforcement and police hold in South Africa, many members of the Athlone community would rely on them when intervention is required. DA - 2022_ DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Criminology, Law and Society LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PY - 2022 T1 - “Bad things happen [be]cause good people do nothing.” A study on how residents of Athlone and it's suburbs view their roles as bystanders TI - “Bad things happen [be]cause good people do nothing.” A study on how residents of Athlone and it's suburbs view their roles as bystanders UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/37136 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/37136 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Geyer R. “Bad things happen [be]cause good people do nothing.” A study on how residents of Athlone and it's suburbs view their roles as bystanders. []. ,Faculty of Law ,Department of Public Law, 2022 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/37136 | en_ZA |
| dc.language.rfc3066 | eng | |
| dc.publisher.department | Department of Public Law | |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Law | |
| dc.subject | Criminology, Law and Society | |
| dc.title | “Bad things happen [be]cause good people do nothing.” A study on how residents of Athlone and it's suburbs view their roles as bystanders | |
| dc.type | Master Thesis | |
| dc.type.qualificationlevel | Masters | |
| dc.type.qualificationlevel | MPhil |