Why we still look away: Kitty Genovese, James Bulger and the bystander effect

A young woman’s murder in 1964 before 38 witnesses still evokes the disconnect between what we believe about ourselves and how we really act under pressureMore than half a century later, the death of Kitty Genovese continues to remind us of the disconnect between what we believe about ourselves and how we really act under pressure.The murder of the 28-year-old outside her apartment in the Queens neighborhood of Kew Gardens in the early morning of 13 March 1964 rippled through New York City