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Kitty Genovese

the Murder, the Bystanders, the Crime That Changed America
May 12, 2014
"In 1964, Winston Moseley brutally killed a young woman named Kitty Genovese in New York City. Reports on the crime soon made the inaction of bystanders as sensational as the crime itself, and the idea of the "bystander effect" took hold. Reviewing newspaper articles, police reports, and other firsthand sources, author Kevin Cook offers a more complex view of the killer, the victim, and the witnesses. His analysis raises intriguing questions about how news media drive perceptions." History and Current Events May 2014 newsletter http://www.libraryaware.com/996/NewsletterIssues/ViewIssue/07a6a31c-7455-4328-9850-87f64b0c952f?postId=4ba36ab2-e78e-4e70-abde-d37ee7b88a73