This program explores the psychological phenomena of bystander intervention and the diffusion of responsibility. It examines the case of Kitty Genovese, who was brutally attacked and murdered in her Queens neighborhood while up to 38 witnesses failed to intervene. It reviews three key experiments performed by Latané and Darley: the Epileptic Seizure Study, the Smokey Room Study, and the Lady in Distress study. Betsy Sparrow of Columbia University outlines Latané and Daley's five-step process in the decision to help, Darley and Batson's Good Samaritan study, James Wilson's 1976 study, and Schwartz and Gottlieb's 1980 study.