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  • Essay / Genoese effect on passers-by - 524

    Forty-nine years ago, Kitty, Genovese was stabbed to death in front of her apartment. His death focused the world's attention on New York as a city that didn't care. Thirty-eight people heard the young woman scream and chose to ignore her. One man interviewed said: “I didn’t want to get involved. » A neighbor called other neighbors to ask them what he should do. If he had called 911, his life might have been saved. Kitty Genovese is the icon of the insensitivity of her neighbor. Over the years, films, short stories, novels and songs have written about crime and the coldness of people who ignore it. This is an excerpt from the Pete Ochs song: Oh, look out the window There's a woman getting caught They dragged her into the bushes And now she's stabbed Maybe we should call the cops And try to stop the pain But Monopoly is so much fun that I'd hate to bust the game, and I'm sure it wouldn't interest anyone outside of a small circle of friends. Of course, Kitty Genovese's case isn't the only one where people see the crime but do nothing....