One of the most significant safeguards according to Kassin, is requiring the electronic recording of interrogations. Kassin, S. The killing of Kitty Genovese: what else does this case tell us?.
Perspectives on Psychological Science, 12 3 , The psychology of confessions: A review of the literature and issues. Psychological Science in the Public Interest, 5 2 , Smalarz, L. Miranda at a psychological analysis. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 25 6 , Thank you for bringing this to our attention. For many of us, Kitty Genovese goes together with the bystander effect.
To revisit that case and point out other important elements such as false confessions is an important corrective and contribution. Humility about what we know and recognizing the art of being true to established research while providing insights—and only insights— into real life examples is essential and I think Prof Kassin has contributed to that.
For Kitty Genovese, there may still be a bystander effect even if not everyone showed it but the case has broader messages, one of which is the ease with which people can be made to confess to things they did not do. We in the area of social influence would do well to look carefully at interrogation techniques.
Many thanks Saul. I always wondered what happened to Alvin. I was 18 at the time and I had met him a few times. My father was Bill Steinacher. Humility is a good word to describe the experience I had. Staring at this case my whole adult life and I had no idea it was so closely linked to this false confession.
Dear Joan, This is amazing. He and I are in occasional touch. Since he also sexually assaulted his victims, including Genovese, it's clear Moseley selected women for other reasons, too. He was judged sane and sentenced to death, but the sentence was overturned on appeal and he received 20 years to life. Whatever it was that caused so many witnesses to willfully ignore what was happening just outside their doors, the Genovese murder yielded numerous studies into the psychology of avoidance.
One of the more famous studies, carried out by social psychologists John Darley and Bibb Latane, concluded that the larger the number of witnesses at the scene of an emergency or crime, the lower the probability that an individual will act. Subsequent studies have reached different conclusions, however, and over the years, the moral culpability of the do-nothing witnesses has also been disputed.
Apologists argue, among other things, that no one was present for all three attacks and therefore no single person had a clear, overall picture of what was actually happening. Twenty years after the fact, though, at least one witness remained unremorseful. He previously served 11 years as editor of the editorial page and was also a former editor of the Op-Ed page and the Sunday Opinion section. He is a graduate of Harvard University. Column: Fraternities are incubators of sexual assault and other violence.
Why is USC defending them? Letters to the Editor: For the love of God, stop showing photos of vaccine needles. All Sections. About Us. B2B Publishing. Business Visionaries. Hot Property. Times Events. Times Store. Facebook Twitter Show more sharing options Share Close extra sharing options. Kitty Genovese was stalked and killed in Queens, N.
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