37 Who Saw Murder Didn T Call The Police By Martin Gansberg

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In our world fear roams everywhere. In our streets, businesses, schools, and homes. Fear has caused wars, and treaties. Fear can cause people to start something amazing or horrific. People can change because of fear of a thing.

In the essay “Thirty-Eight who saw Murder didn’t call the Police”, Martin Gansberg describes how selfish and inconsiderable some people can be. He claims that society should be more involved in taking action when seeing violent or life threatening events occurring in their communities.

People have a tendency, known as social proof, to believe that others' interpretation of the ambiguous situation is more accurate than their own. Hence, a lack of response by others leads them to conclude that the situation is not an emergency and that response is not warranted. Finally, empirical evidence has shown that the bystander effect is negated when the situation is clearly recognized as an emergency. In a 1976 study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Lance Shotland and Margaret Straw illustrated that when people witnessed a fight between a man and a woman that they believed to be strangers to each other, they intervened 65 percent of the time. Thus, people often do not respond appropriately to an emergency situation because the situation is unclear to them and as a result, they have misinterpreted it as a non-emergency based on their own past experience or social cues taken from others.

When individuals have little or no respect towards the police, they are most likely to ignore the requests or demands of officers. This can lead to the officer having to use force in order to gain control of a situation. Peel felt that “The test of police efficiency is the absence of crime and disorder, not the visible evidence of police action in dealing with it.” (Westminster Police Department, 2012) When police are faced with dispersing large crowds, it is necessary for the public to have the respect to follow police orders. When individuals lack trust and respect for the police, riots may occur, which can also lead to arrests, serious injuries, and even death.

Social psychology first examined the phenomena later termed “bystander effect” in response to a 1964 murder. The murder of a young woman with as many as 38 witnesses and none who helped until it was too late. The bystander effect is individuals seeing an emergency situation but not helping. There are many reasons why individuals do not respond: diffusion of responsibility, not noticing or unsure if it is an emergency, and not wanting to be liable if the person still dies are a few.

Fear can motivate you to do something or stop you. One way is when doing something you know someone will do it. Why do people treat people different based off your tragedy Based off the movie Cool Hand Luke’s mom died, his partners gave him respect by leaving the room and the one of boss workers locked Luke in the box to grieve. People just don’t know how to react But we shouldn’t let fear stop us. Like going back to Antigone when Ismene burried her family relative she really didnt know what to do and she just did what was suppose to be done, what her mind told her to.

The reason for this study was due to the death of Kitty Genovese in New York City. She was a young woman who was murdered by Winston Mosley in observance of many spectators who saw the incident from their bedroom windows of an apartment complex. Media went into a frenzy stating that 38 people witnessed the attack but did nothing to assist and did not call law enforcement, however, the story was misconstrued and it was later found that there were significantly less than 38 people observing and at least once person called law enforcement.

Cruelty Even though some might argue that it is human nature to be cruel; there are other facts that prevent humans from helping others, diffusion of responsibility, lack of knowing what to do and other psychological forces take tremendous effect. Diffusion of responsibility: the idea that when in a crowd responsibility is shared among them .Individuals not knowing how to react , due to little education and lastly in the moment of the circumstance the individual wants to help but is in affect of denial paralyzed ,scared or shocked . In chapter 4, “In the Unlikely Event of a Water Landing “a murder scene is introduced where a beautiful young women Catherine

In the short story, “38 Who Saw Murder Didn’t Call the Police” one specific quote really stood out to me. When the author states, “’Good people’ failed to call the police” (671), I instantly thought of a few situations that have happened in today’s society. With this in mind I came up with my thesis: the bad reputation and distrust of the police can turn even the greatest person into a bad Samaritan. I think it will be a great essay because it is a very controversial topic. I personally believe that the police are here to protect us, but there are many that think that cops are their enemy and are out to get them. With all of the negative media coverage of the police, an everyday normal citizen could think twice before getting involved and reporting

You have a right to intervene when you see a violent crime happening. Of course you could simply call 911 but why when you could just stop the crime happening right then and there. I mean wouldn’t you want help if you were in trouble?, wouldn’t you want someone to stop the bad guy or whatever the case is?, i’m pretty sure you would want help right? Yes exactly so if you see any crime or anything you should help people that need

Noor Zahi Salman stood by while she let her husband Omar Mateen mercilessly kill 50 people in the Orlando bar shooting that happened about a year ago. It was known that Omar Maten was influenced by the radicalist ideals of ISIS that is why he committed such a heinous crime. His wife watched as he bought ammunition and different materials that helped commit this massacre. This is an example of the Bystander effect. Over a countless number of lives have been lost in the United States. Either people would watch what is happening and do nothing or they would completely ignore what is happening to the victim. Furthermore, bystanders wouldn’t even try to call authorities afterwards.

Fear roamed through cities, due to the violence people were witnessing and enduring. Not only were citizens terrified to get involved in anything but they sat back and ignored the shrieks of a woman being murdered. If I were to be in a similar situation that kitty Genovese's neighbors were in, I would have called the authorities right away. But, you have to look at this situation in a different perspective considering the events that were occurring back in the 50's and 60's. it's completely understandable on to why her neighbors didn't call the authorities. I'm the type of person who can't stand seeing people suffer or getting hurt by others, but to be honest I don't know what I would do if I saw someone getting stabbed to death. Would I help

Martin Gansberg's "Thirty-Eight Who Saw Murder and Didn't Call the Police" is a descriptive and unsettling account of the murder of a young woman in New York City in 1964. The young woman in question, Catherine Genovese, was stabbed several times near her apartment building by a vicious killer. However, despite the savagery of the crime itself, Gansberg chooses to focus his attention on the silent observers, those who witnessed the attack and did nothing to prevent it. By way of several interviews with these individuals, Gansberg reveals a pattern of inaction and documents the reasons that the "good people" failed to offer any aid to the by then deceased Miss Genovese. Excuses ranging from "We thought it was a lover's quarrel" to a simple

There’s a lot bad situations that shouldn’t happen and could of been prevented, and people question how is that in their control. Half of any horrible situation could've been prevented with a phone call to authorities or saving someone when they’re hurt and contacting an ambulance. When someone is in need of assistance physically and can’t get help the most common sensed idea is to help them which in humanity should be an instinct. Yet the more bystanders there is the less likely it is that any one of them help.