Annotated Bibliography Of Kitty Genovese

thirty seven people witnessed the murder but no one called the police. Since then this

On March 13th, 1964, in New York, a young woman by the name of Catherine “Kitty” Genovese was just coming home from her late shift at work. It’s three a.m., and as she’s walking to her apartment building, she notices a suspicious, hooded man some distance away. Rightfully concerned, she goes to the phone booth, aiming to call the police, but never makes it in time. She’s stabbed in the back, and then in her gut. When her screams cause the neighbors to turn the lights on, all they do

The assailant came back to further hurt Kitty a total of two separate times in over half an hour and no one called the police. Martin Gansberg does an extraordinary job of capturing the scene of the murder and those who aided in her death. Gansberg further captures this through powerful displays of diction, tone, repetition, and appropriate use of dialogue. Gansberg’s diction throughout the passage is one of extreme formality as he is writing for the New York Times and must stay neutral. However, this formality also comes with an undertone of passive aggressiveness. For example, he writes about the thirty-eight who could have saved her, “Twice their chatter and the sudden glow of their bedroom lights interrupted and frightened him off...Not one person telephones the police during the assault” (Gansberg 120). While Gansberg is being professional and formal, he is showing hints of emotion through his tone. He is berated that many people didn't help and yet doesn't actually express his uneasiness. Additionally, another characteristic of the article is how Gansberg repeats the time, “This is what the police say happened beginning at 3:20 A.M.” (Gansberg 121). Again recalling the time, “The assailant got into his car and drove away. Miss Genovese staggered to her feet...It was 3:35 A.M.” (Gansberg 121). Further recollection, “It was

In the year 2010, 26-year-old Kenzie Houk was found murdered in her bed. Kenzie was shot in her head. Kenzie was also eight months pregnant when she was murdered (nydailynews.com). The person who found the body was her 4-year-old daughter. When the police officers arrived at the scene, they searched to see if anybody broke into the house. The police officers were unable to find any force entry. The police officers even thought it was a possibility that Kenzie ex-boyfriend could of committed the murder, but they were unable to connect him to the murder. Eventually, the police officers found out that the murderer was none other then the 11-year-old Jordan Anthony Brown.

An emergency call came in at 9:45 am made by Doug Greene who is a neighbor of the victim Anna Garcia claiming that he had not seen Anna Garcia since her normal morning walk at 6:30 am the previous morning and that the dog had been barking for 2 hours, he had also mentioned that Anna Garcia was wearing a sweater when he had seen her the previous morning while experiencing a 92 degree heat wave. Mr.Greene had called Anna’s telephone with no answer, and had also rang the doorbell with no answer. The EMT and local police had arrived to the scene at 9:56 am, needing to break the door down. EMS discovered Anna Garcia laying face down, dead.

“Women cannot be murderers.” Even though this was not explicitly stated in the newspapers, The Boston Herald in its article “Lizzie Borden” conveys the perception that the feminine ways associated with women would make it impractical for women to commit murder. Lizzie Borden, a young lady accused of brutally killing her stepmother and father with multiple blows to their heads with a hatchet was described as a religious, sincere, and modest human being in The Boston Herald’s article covering Lizzie’s life before and after the murders. During Lizzie’s youth, she suffered from isolation because of her reserved personality and belief that nobody appreciated her presence, but in womanhood turned her life around and attain friendships who vouched for her good character during the time of the investigation. The Boston Herald’s article “Lizzie Borden: Her School and Later Life - A Noble Woman, Though Retiring”, successfully persuades the reader of Lizzie Borden’s innocence with the focus on her femininity through diction and logic.

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Six days later, police arrested Winston Moseley, a 29-year-old machine operator. In addition to being convicted of Murder of Catherine Genovese, Moseley also admitted to killing two other women in the past year during his investigation. Law enforcement was unsure to hold the eyewitnesses responsible for failure to report the crime that resulted in the murder. After investigations with witnesses most admitted they were too afraid to call, or gave other arbitrary reasons for not reporting the crime. Detectives interviewed a couple that admitted to hearing the screams and even witnessed the crimes. When asked why they didn’t contact the police the wife replied, “I don’t know” (Gansberg, 1964). Another witness told the police he overheard the screams and he didn’t report it because he was tired and went back to bed. Detectives were able to capture the suspect rather quickly, because the residents of the neighborhood were capable of providing detailed information leading to the arrest of Moseley. It was this event, that created The Genovese Syndrome, otherwise known as The bystander effect; The bystander effect refers to the phenomenon that an individual 's likelihood of helping

The crime had taken place on the outskirts of Winston Salem, North Carolina on August 10, 1984. Mrs. Sykes was late for work, which was not normal causing Mr. Dawson (former news editor of Sentinel) to go out looking for her. Being that she wasn’t there the police were called by Fred Flagler (papers managing editor) and her husband Mr. Sykes was notified. Around 1:55 pm that day the body of Mrs. Sykes was found a half block from the newspapers. There were stab wounds all over her body and she had also been raped. A pathologist at Chapel Hill said she was stabbed 16 times and the fatal blow consisted of a stab wound that went 5 inches deep piercing her heart.

In 1990 seven percent of serial killers were women (Aamodt, 2014). Aileen Wuornos is notorious for killing seven men in the years 1989 to 1990 along a Florida interstate. This research paper will take a look at Aileen’s early life from a child to her teen years as well as her adult life and how the events of her life have affected her psychologically. Aileen faced many life altering events in her life that sculpted her into the person she was and died as.

The case was that Rudolph Holton appealed his conviction for first-degree murder and sentence of death. Facing the challenges of his convictions for first-degree murder and sexual battery assault to a woman. On June 23, 1986, a woman was practically found unclothed it was the body of Katrina Graddy, that was found in a burning vacant house. Leaving everyone in doubt of who could’ve done that to her. In the crime scene they found pieces of her clothing that someone had tied around her neck and around Katrina’s wrist. The scene was so traumatizing that they say that a glass bottle was partially inserted in her intimate parts. Soon law enforcement tested sperm remaining in the victim's body coming to find that the tests were all negative. From the many police men who were studying the case the victim's body, police men questioned Carl Scheck who had been found sleeping his truck parked directly across from the burning house. He told investigators that he had been parked there for about an hour from 10:00 or 11:00 p.m. the night before. He stated that he knew nothing, that he was just waiting for the hitchhiker. Scheck kept saying that he fell asleep during that time and eventually was awakened by the fire engines night. From the

You’re on your way home when the screaming starts. You look up, trying to identify the source of the noise. Out of the corner of your eye you see a young woman running across a nearby parking lot, pursued by a young man of around 30. He catches up with her as she reaches her apartment building, and draws a knife, stabbing her twice in the back. She screams for help, and despite at least 38 witnesses passing by, none comes. The woman is left to die. That is the story of 29 year old Kitty Genovese, murdered March 13, 1964, Queens, New York.

Kitty Genovese’s murder and trial have had a lasting impact on many areas of life. One example, is in entertainment. A multitudinous number of books, shows, articles, and songs have been made to reflect on the 38 supposed witnesses (“Revised”). In academic writing alone, over 1,000 pieces have stemmed from Kitty’s story (Takooshian). The 911 line was created as a result of this tragedy as well (Merry). Before this incident, the most reliable method to call police in New York was to use the specific precinct number (Lemann). Moreover, a fair amount of police believed that it was their responsibility to fight crimes while the citizens wait for them (“What”). Multiple accounts reveal that the dispatcher would tell callers to mind their business

Near her home in the district of Queens NYC, Catherine Susan also known as Kitty Genovese, was a New York City woman who was stabbed to death by Winston Moseley on March 13, 1964. Two weeks later, a newspaper article reported the circumstances of Genovese's murder and the lack of reaction from numerous neighbors. The common portrayal is of her neighbors as being fully aware of what was emerging but completely unresponsive and has since been criticized as inaccurate. Nevertheless, that portrayal prompted investigation into the social psychological phenomenon that has become known as the bystander effect or "Genovese syndrome", especially diffusion of responsibility.

Moreover, it has been argued that the cat is a metaphor for the narrator’s wife. Critics claim that the following passage raises suspicion that the killing of the first cat was actually the murder of his own wife. Poe writes: Norton Anthology American Literature. 7th. 1. New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2008. 705-711. Print.