The murder of Cartherine Genovese was an event that headlined news stories across the country‚ however it wasn’t the murder itself that shocked people. According to Gansberg’s essay "37 Who Saw Murder Didn’t Call the Police" the shock was that thirty seven people witnessed the murder but no one called the police. Since then this case has been used as an example of human fear in criminal and psychology classes. However there have been more accounts which tell a different story
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As a child growing up in Canada‚ I was very sheltered when it came to racism. I was raised around different races and my best friend was white. From Pre-School‚ I sat in classrooms with several other races. Statesboro’s school system was filled with many different types of people. There were no cliques or groups‚ everyone stayed in mixed company. I cannot recall a time when someone called me out my name living here. As far as I knew‚ everyone was treated with the same amount of respect no matter
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In the story “38 People Who Saw Murder Didn’t Called The Police” a women named Katherine Genovese also called Kitty has been brutally murdered in her neighborhood and many people witness this horrific killing but chose not to call the police until it was too late for her life to be saved. But what would’ve happened if someone had acted sooner; Of course to state the obvious kitty will most likely still be alive. The author Martin Gansberg has given the situation on how people chose not to act but
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Reading Response 2: 38 Who Saw Murder Didn’t Call Police I think the article was written in order to highlight the level of ignorance that had crept into society especially towards violence‚ perhaps in wake of the recent increase of violent imagery on television. I feel it was intended to act as an eye-opener for the readers which shows them how such shameless acts of laziness can claim lives. The tone that Gansberg uses throughout the article is one that is slightly aggressive especially when describing
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For more than half an hour 38 respectable‚ law-abiding citizens in Queens watched a killer stalk and stab a woman in three separate attacks in Kew Gardens. Twice their chatter and the sudden glow of their bedroom lights interrupted him and frightened him off. Each time he returned‚ sought her out‚ and stabbed her again. Not one person telephoned the police during the assault; one witness called after the woman was dead. That was two weeks ago today. Still shocked is Assistant
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Response Essay to 37 Who Saw Murder Didn’t Call the Police “Let that girl alone!” was all the effort a bystander‚ witnessing an attack‚ could put into saving a woman’s life; the man couldn’t be bothered with anything more. Miss Kitty Genovese could have survived that night two separate times if someone would have simply lifted the telephone to call the police and report seeing her attacked. At the time of her death 37 people had witnessed her trying to frantically escape from her assailant. There
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Name Subject 04.12.2017 Thirty-Eight Who Saw Murder Didn’t Call the Police: A Review The article describes the last moments of Catherine “Kitty” Genovese’s life that lead to her death; how she was attacked three times on her way home and eventually killed by the same assailant‚ and how the 38 people in her neighborhood who heard her cries for help did not intervene or call the police to her rescue. It also details the disappointment and confusion of the police who argues that the victim might have
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38 Who Saw Murder Didn’t Call the Police Summary Chris Teeters College Writing Professor O’ Hearn May 19‚ 2009 Millions of murders are committed in the United States every year. We see these stories on the news‚ in newspapers‚ and sometimes in our own neighborhoods. Sadly there are people who go into the world and kill their fellow man and sometimes without remorse. The only way that we can prevent these events from happening again or at all is to bring these criminals
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article by Martin Gansberg‚ Thirty-eight who saw murder and didn’t call the police‚ is about an isolated event. I don’t think something like this happens a lot. Normally people would call the police or do something to help the victim. But unfortunately sometimes people can be very cold or even cruel‚ like in this case. Some people just don’t care about what is going on around them‚ if someone is in need of help or some cooperation. It’s more typical for those who live in big cities because in a busy
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standing for a person who is being victimized and not saying anything about it. In many crime the witnesses do not come forward because they are scared about what other people might think about the witness. In the article “Thirty-Eight Who Saw Murder Didn’t Call the Police” written by Martin Gansberg‚ analyzes the murder of Catherine Genovese who was killed in front of her apartment building and the thirty eight people who heard her crying out for help and did not call the police. Many psychologist
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