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 of the incident.De
May’s essay says although thirty seven people heard something they didn’t know what
was actually going on which is why nobody called the police.
“37 Who Saw Murder Didn’t Call the Police” is the story of the brutal killing of
Catherine Genovese ,a young women living alone in the quiet upper middle class
neighborhood of Kew Gardens, in Queens, New York.What we learn from the story is
that her cries for help in the middle of the night led......
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