LEADER 04011nam 2200649 450 001 9910788289403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8014-5589-8 010 $a0-8014-5664-9 024 7 $a10.7591/9780801455902 035 $a(CKB)2670000000615491 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001484014 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12620672 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001484014 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11431948 035 $a(PQKB)10151972 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3138734 035 $a(OCoLC)1080551051 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse58533 035 $a(DE-B1597)496385 035 $a(OCoLC)908447618 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780801455902 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3138734 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11052034 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL782776 035 $a(OCoLC)922998285 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000615491 100 $a20141005d2015 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$a"No one helped" $eKitty Genovese, New York City, and the myth of urban apathy /$fMarcia M. Gallo 210 1$aIthaca ;$aLondon :$cCornell University Press,$d2015. 215 $a1 online resource (239 pages) $cillustrations, maps, portraits 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8014-5278-3 311 $a0-8014-5590-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPrologue: A New York story -- Urban villages in the big city -- Hidden in plain sight -- Thirty-eight witnesses -- The metropolitan brand of apathy -- The city responds -- Surviving new city streets -- Challenging the story of urban apathy -- Epilogue: Kitty, fifty years later. 330 $aIn "No One Helped" Marcia M. Gallo examines one of America's most infamous true-crime stories: the 1964 rape and murder of Catherine "Kitty" Genovese in a middle-class neighborhood of Queens, New York. Front-page reports in the New York Times incorrectly identified thirty-eight indifferent witnesses to the crime, fueling fears of apathy and urban decay. Genovese's life, including her lesbian relationship, also was obscured in media accounts of the crime. Fifty years later, the story of Kitty Genovese continues to circulate in popular culture. Although it is now widely known that there were far fewer actual witnesses to the crime than was reported in 1964, the moral of the story continues to be urban apathy. "No One Helped" traces the Genovese story's development and resilience while challenging the myth it created."No One Helped" places the conscious creation and promotion of the Genovese story within a changing urban environment. Gallo reviews New York's shifting racial and economic demographics and explores post-World War II examinations of conscience regarding the horrors of Nazism. These were important factors in the uncritical acceptance of the story by most media, political leaders, and the public despite repeated protests from Genovese's Kew Gardens neighbors at their inaccurate portrayal. The crime led to advances in criminal justice and psychology, such as the development of the 911 emergency system and numerous studies of bystander behaviors. Gallo emphasizes that the response to the crime also led to increased community organizing as well as feminist campaigns against sexual violence. Even though the particulars of the sad story of her death were distorted, Kitty Genovese left an enduring legacy of positive changes to the urban environment. 606 $aMurder in mass media 606 $aMurder$zNew York (State)$zNew York 606 $aBystander effect$zNew York (State)$zNew York 615 0$aMurder in mass media. 615 0$aMurder 615 0$aBystander effect 676 $a364.152/3092 700 $aGallo$b Marcia M.$01577138 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910788289403321 996 $a"No one helped"$93855479 997 $aUNINA