she explained to us how analyzing real life situations on c.c.t.v. help dispel the myth. what is characteristic for what we have been ready looking at is that very sick russian involved into actions that we study and most of the lab studies never included attention to aggression because you re ethically simply not allowed to place people in the context of aggression. and because of this issue we have now been able to study those type of context it s really reassuring though that this now is no longer true but at the same time how did it become scientific fact in the 1st place well this whole bystander effect is dominated pretty much psychology textbooks or about 50 years and it all came about after the brutal rape murder of a new york woman kitty genovese in 1964 now that made headlines at the time because of a new york times report that reported $38.00 people have watched over half an hour period as she was being attacked maybe in to be nobody sort of called the police