Why is the case of Kitty Genovese being evoked in relation to the Oakland Gang Rape Case?”
Richmond High School 15-Year-Old Gang Rape: The Kitty Genovese Connection At the Richmond High School Gang Rape, They Not Only Heard, but Watched, Told Others, and Participated, Police Say By saul relative As more details come in about the gang rape of the 15-year-old Richmond High School student Saturday night, the more one is drawn to the realization that not only are some humans just little better than base animals, others are self-involved, socially apathetic animals. Without empathy and the ability to consider others, humans are no better than any other limited thinking animal, except that they can talk. In the case of the Richmond High School gang rape, where dozens of people either knew about, participated in, watched, communicated to others, and allowed the brutal beating, multiple raping, and robbery of a 15-year-old high school girl, the term “animal” seems most appropriate, if not generous. But, then, some animals seem to be capable of empathy. The 15-year-old girl was on he
The case of Kitty Genovese is being evoked by many trying to understand how bystanders failed to stop or report the gang rape, beating and robbery of a 15-year-old girl in Oakland, California, over the weekend. Five suspects have so far been arrested in the Oakland case while authorities continue to investigate the incident, which happened outside a Saturday night homecoming dance at Richmond High School. Police have said there may be 10 separate assailants, and that that as many as 20 people witnessed and even joined in on the assault, leaving them at a loss to explain why the crime went on for so long without being reported. Being blamed at least in part is the bystander effect, also called Genovese syndrome. According to the pscyhological theory of the bystander effect, the larger the number of people involved in a situation, the less will get done. When doing nothing is the norm in a situation, people either assume the crime has been reported, or choose to do nothing themselves. Th
The case of Kitty Genovese is being evoked by many trying to understand how bystanders failed to stop or report the gang rape, beating and robbery of a 15-year-old girl in Oakland, California, over the weekend. Five suspects have so far been arrested in the Oakland case while authorities continue to investigate the incident, which happened outside a Saturday night homecoming dance at Richmond High School. Police have said there may be 10 separate assailants, and that that as many as 20 people witnessed and even joined in on the assault, leaving them at a loss to explain why the crime went on for so long without being reported. Being blamed at least in part is the bystander effect, also called Genovese syndrome. According to the psychological theory of the bystander effect, the larger the number of people involved in a situation, the less will get done.
