{"product_id":"9781615192298","title":"Fifty Years After Kitty Genovese: Inside the Case that Rocked Our Faith in Each Other","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn investigator in the infamous New York murder looks back on the Kitty Genovese case and examines its enduring legacy.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Fifty years after she was viciously attacked in Kew Gardens, Queens, the name of murder victim Kitty Genovese still conjures the ugly specter of American apathy. “37 Saw Murder but Didn’t Call Police” ran a \u003ci\u003eNew York \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eTimes\u003c\/i\u003e headline that created a legend. A thirty-eighth witness did call—“after much deliberation”—a half hour after the first attack left the targeted woman wounded on the street. By then, her killer had returned and finished the job: Genovese lay dying in a stairwell, just steps from the safety of her own apartment.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e The apparent indifference of Genovese’s neighbors to her screams—and the cold-blooded calm of the killer who came back—fixed this case in the memory of detective chief Albert Seedman. Ten years later, he gave coauthor Peter Hellman the inside story on the murder that still haunts the American conscience.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Seedman’s account of the investigation, now with incisive new commentary from Hellman, is as gripping today as ever, and the plight of Kitty Genovese just as chilling. When Seedman questioned the murderer about Genovese’s neighbors, he replied, “I knew they wouldn’t do anything. People never do. That late at night, they just go back to sleep.” This fascinating account blends true crime with psychological insight about the “bystander effect” and the ever-important issue of how we confront—or don’t confront—evil in our midst.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Workman Publishing Company, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47130195591408,"sku":"9781615192298","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781615192298_p0.jpg?v=1769904127","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781615192298","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}