Kitty Genovese was murdered on March 13, 1964, so, we are about a month away from it's 50th anniversary. However, in the past few days a couple of stories in the popular media have been published, apparently to promote new books on the Genovese case. The two books that serve as the source for two articles below focus on the "myth" associated with the incident but they seem to have different views on what exactly the myth is: were people even more indifferent or did early helping responses get ignored? I'll leave it to the interested reader to work through what role psychologists played in all this.
Here are the articles. First, from DNAinfo New York: http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20140213/kew-gardens/neighbors-indifference-kitty-genovese-murder-worse-than-believed-book Second, from the NY Post: http://nypost.com/2014/02/16/book-reveals-real-story-behind-the-kitty-genovese-murder/ And for comparison's sake, an article from the NY Daily News from 2011: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/killing-kitty-genovese-47-years-holds-sway-new-yorkers-article-1.123912 If I am not mistaken, the three articles appear to have inconsistencies with each other and focus on different aspects of the incident. It seems that one will have to read the new books and previous one (e.g., Charles Skoller's "Twisted Confessions") to see what the details actually are. One wonders if there will ever be a definitive account of what happened. -Mike Palij New York University [email protected] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=34261 or send a blank email to leave-34261-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
