Kitty Genovese

2012 Rendez-Vous With French Cinema: A Preview

Farihah Zaman | Posted 05.02.2012

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Farihah Zaman

2012-03-02-Screenshot20120302at3.54.21PM.jpgIf you can't take advantage of the festival's NYC-based screenings, many of these films have a good shot at being picked up for U.S. theatrical and online distribution.

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Icons R Us: Me, You and Joe Paterno

Stuart Muszynski | Posted 01.16.2012

Read More: Success, Penn State, Character, Values, American Dream, American Values, Purple America, Joe Paterno, Kitty Genovese, Bystander Effect, Jerry Sandusky, Sports News
Stuart Muszynski

The fall of college football icon Joe Paterno continues to be America's most-watched story. Why does the chronicle of yet another fallen hero resonate with us? What does this say about the pulse of America?

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David Brooks Is Wrong About the Penn State Rape

Andy Ostroy | Posted 01.15.2012

Read More: Mike McQueary, Kitty Genovese, Penn State, Jerry Sandusky, David Brooks, Joe Paterno Fired, Penn State Scandal, Joe Paterno, Crime News
Andy Ostroy

His main supposition is that none of us truly knows what we would do in that very same situation until we're in "McQueary's shoes," and that it's easy for us to judge and condemn others when we might actually behave in the same manner.

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'See No Evil, Hear No Evil': Joe Paterno, Kitty Genovese, and the Crime of Silence

Bennett L. Gershman | Posted 01.10.2012

Read More: Kitty Genovese, Penn State, Penn State Football, Penn State Scandal, Jerry Sandusky Investigation, Jerry Sandusky, Jerry Sandusky Penn State, Joe Paterno, Crime News
Bennett L. Gershman

True, we don't want to create a nation of stool pigeons -- individuals casually going around making complaints to the police. At the same time, we can't allow the enforcement of law for serious crimes to rest on the idiosyncratic limitations of one's moral compass.

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Why Being In A Crowd Make Us Callous

Sam Sommers | Posted 12.21.2011

Read More: Bystander Effect, Kitty Genovese, James Bulger, Helping Others, Bystander Intervention, Diffusion of Responsibility, Situations Matter, Healthy Living Mind, Brain Science, Healthy Living News
Sam Sommers

When we understand how crowds can make us callous, we know too much to rest comfortably in our own inaction.

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What Changes Will We Make After the Giffords Shooting?

Alec Baldwin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gun Violence, Giffords Shot, Kitty Genovese, Gun Control Laws, Gun Control, Gabrielle Giffords, Gabrielle Giffords Shooting, Bystander Intervention, Gabby Giffords, Bystander Non-Intervention, Politics News
Alec Baldwin

There is change that follows most events like the assassinations in the 1960s, Watergate and 9/11. What are the appropriate changes following the shooting of a U.S. Congresswoman?

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Learning from a Facebook tragedy

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.17.2011

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Dr. Irene S. Levine

If a friend, acquaintance, relative or neighbor had noticed the writings on Jared Lee Loughner's MySpace page or his videos on YouTube and called them to someone's attention, might this horrible tragedy have been averted?

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Hugo Alfredo Tale-Yax, Good Samaritan Ignored While Bleeding To Death, To Be Honored At NYC Wake (VIDEO)

Huffington Post/AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — A homeless Good Samaritan who was ignored while lying, mortally wounded, on a New York City sidewalk will be honored at a wake. The ...

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The Miracle of Jaycee Dugard

Stephanie Gertler | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Philip Garrido, Antioch, Kitty Genovese, Jaycee Dugard, Healthy Living News
Stephanie Gertler

Philip Garrido is guilty of an unfathomable crime, but in what appears to be a nearly idyllic California town, who else is guilty? Did people choose to look the other way?

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The Murder Of Kitty Genovese

Linda Milazzo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: San Fernando Valley, Kitty Genovese, Bystander Effect, Rape, Ny, Darfur, Being of Service, Queens, Iraq, Murder, Personal Responsibility, Gaza, Alcohol, Paramedics, Bicycle, Diffusion of Responsibility, Afghanistan, Americans, Barack-Obama-War-Zones, Politics News
Linda Milazzo

If Kitty's murder has prevented Bystander Effect or Diffusion of Responsibility in those who were offended by the human failings that resulted in her death, then she was was a hero.

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