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June 23, 2015
by Dr. Dawn Crosson,Psy.D

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Spring Break Gang Rape Watched by Hundreds: The Bystander Effect

June 23, 2015 13:20 by Dr. Dawn Crosson,Psy.D  [About the Author]

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In March of 2015, while onlookers drank and partied, a young woman was brutally raped by three male college students. Later in April of 2015, while watching the news, the young victim recognized her tattoos in the video that portrayed the violent rape. It was then she realized, it was her that was being violated. Was it a flood of emotion or numbness that she felt as she watched her body being publicly abused? To worsen matters, there were hundreds of people within feet of the cr [More]