Bystanders are the Real Criminal From the smallest crisis to the largest catastrophe, bystanders are found in nearly all negative situations. A bystander may be defined as a person who observes such disagreeable circumstances but does nothing to aid in their resolution. There is no doubt that bystanders are the true criminal in these predicaments. Negative situations are not made better by the presence of bystanders who do not act. Furthermore, bystanders strengthen the criminal, those who do the wrong, in the aforementioned scenarios. One factor demonstrating the culpability of bystanders is that they do not act