The Kitty Genovese Tragedy: Understanding the Bystander Effect and the Genovese Syndrome
Kitty Genovese was a young Italian-American barmaid. March 13, 1964, at 3:15 a.m., she drives back to her home in the Queens district of New York. To her misfortune she will be spotted, followed, and savagely stabbed by a repeat rapist. A few days after the murderer’s arrest, the police investigation revealed that the young … Read more