38 Witnesses

Thirty-eight witnesses of 38 witnesses were about murder in Queens, New York. This book has been told by reporters of the New York Times. The reason for making this homicide different is that it may have been easily avoided. The reporter sat down with a city councilor to drink coffee every week. But the senator needs to tell him something different this week. They were witnesses of 38 people, no one could come first.

There are no 38 witnesses. In sensational 1964, one of 38 witnesses called, "37 people who saw the murder did not call the police," he said. However, one of the Assistant District Attorney involved in the trial said at that time, "We saw only about 6 people who saw what is going on, we can not use it." "The person who saw the attack did not see it at all ... The murder of Genoa occurred in two attacks.In the first attack, we saw what some neighbors are on the street. But then Genoves entered the stairs in the nearby building and stopped the second attack.The idea that dozens of neighbors are sitting by the window and chatting for 30 minutes is not so.

After the attack, the New York Times published a long report arguing that 38 witnesses saw or heard the attack, but did not contact the authorities. This situation produces the so-called "bystander effect" or "genoa syndrome". The bystanders effect suggests that a large number of bystanders reduce the possibility that one of them will go forward and intervene. But in 2015, the Genovese brothers said the police actually called twice, but did not respond. In addition, the New York Times also stated that its own report exaggerates the number of witnesses who believe it appeared in the attack.

Rosenthal wrote a book called The Kitty Genovese Case on 38 cases of this case. As he said in his thesis, Rosentta says 39 witnesses - Genovese, as the title reveals, is not really the fault of 38 because it might be some of us. Not a witness of the killing, but a silent testimony of the countless other people in need. Over the course of 16 years, I have asked my students to write answers to the five questions on this question: "How important are we to help those in need?" After that we will go back and discuss the whole class. Most of my students believe that people should help other people, but they are not obliged to help them. The word "responsible" excites my students. They are seeking help, but I do not want to feel the bondage that I have to actually do.