In the early hours of March 13, 1964, Kitty Genovese, a 28-year-old bartender, was raped and stabbed outside the apartment building where she lived in the Kew Gardens neighborhood of Queens in New York City, New York, United States.
Two weeks after the murder, The New York Times published an article erroneously claiming that 38 witnesses saw or heard the attack, and that none of them called the police or came to her aid.[5]
The incident prompted inquiries into what became known as the bystander effect, or "Genovese syndrome",[6] and the murder became a staple of U.S. psychology textbooks for the next four decades. However, researchers have since uncovered major inaccuracies in the New York Times article. Police interviews revealed that some witnesses had attempted to call the police.
This Murder case helped create the 911 system that we know today. There was no centralized number for people in case of an emergency. This case taugh Psych classes and is in Text books across the United States, Britain any many other countries.
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RESOURCES:
The True Story of Kitty Genovese | The Witness | FULL MOVIE | True Crime Documentary (2017) - YouTube
Kitty Genovese by Catherine Pelonero - Audiobook - Audible.com
Winston Moseley, Who Killed Kitty Genovese, Dies in Prison at 81 - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
