Thu, Oct 29, 2009 -- 9:00 AM
Bystander Mentality
The Richmond community is reeling from the gang
rape of a 15 year old girl. Many bystanders watched, and
didn't intervene in the brutal crime. We talk about what
the community and police are doing in response, and we
discuss bystander mentality. What makes people stand
idly by when atrocities are committed?
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Host: Michael Krasny
Guests:
- Andre Taylor, student at Richmond High School
- Drew Carberry, director of gang issues for the National Crime Prevention Council
- Lt. Mark Gagan, public information officer for the Richmond Police Dept.
- Neil Smelser, professor emeritus of sociology at UC Berkeley and former director of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University
- Rhonda James, executive director of Community Violence Solutions


