Forget the popular press. Too many competing interests. Go with the historians of psychology. http://www.grignoux.be/dossiers/288/pdf/manning_et_alii.pdf (American Psychologist, 2007)
Chris --- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada [email protected] http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ ========================= On 2014-02-16, at 11:17 AM, Mike Palij wrote: > > > > > > > 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=430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62bd92&n=T&l=tips&o=34261 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-34261-430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62b...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > > > > --- 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=34265 or send a blank email to leave-34265-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
