Several months ago I asked both here and on another list (do feel free to delete if you read this on the other list) what insights people had about the Kitty Genovese Murder as I had read years ago on the Kew Gardens website that the case was grossly misrepresented in the NY Times report upon which Latane and Darley based their studies of bystander apathy.
Many great responses were received. In the September American Psychologist there is an article titled, "The Kitty Genovese Murder and the Social Psychology of Helping: The Parable of the 38 Witneses". Great article that examines exactly the issues I had raised. I am grateful that the authors took the time and energy to investigate this and to write a nice review of the effect of the original story. I would be less hard on L & D and the correction of the the NY Times story facts does not need to take anything away from the work by L&D. The article does reinforce what I had been teaching my students and I will use it in class this semester. Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 619-260-4006 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---
