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Sunday, November 16, 2008

All in the Mind - Extraordinary Cases in psychology: Part 1 of 4 - The story of Kitty Genovese

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Extraordinary Cases in psychology: Part 1 of 4 - The story of Kitty Genovese (broadcast not podcast edition)

When a young woman, Kitty Genovese was brutally killed in a prolonged attack in New York in 1964, not one of 38 witnesses called for help until too late. The case led to the naming of the phenomenon known as the Bystander Effect. The first of four compelling programs on influential cases in the history of psychology. NB: The All in the Mind podcast is a different program from the broadcast edition this week for copyright reasons.

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NOTE - we cannot bring you the podcast or transcript of this series because it comes from the BBC and the ABC does not hold copyright.

This week's podcast comes from All in the Mind rich archives instead. Details below.

You can hear the BBC series again on their website as streaming audio. Details and link to that also below.

Guests

John Darley
Professor of Psychology,
Princeton University.
http://weblamp.princeton.edu/~psych/psychology/research/darley/

Harold Takooshian
Professor of Social Psychology,
Fordham University.
http://takooshian.socialpsychology.org/

Rachel Manning
Senior Lecturer in Social Psychology,
Bristol, University of West England.
http://science.uwe.ac.uk/Staff/StaffPage.asp?StaffID=RL-MANNING

Samuel Freedman
Professor of Journalism,
Columbia University.
http://www.journalism.columbia.edu/cs/ContentServer/jrn/1165270069177/JRN_Profile_C/1165270081844/JRNFacultyDetail.htm

Geoff Rolls
Author of Classic Case Studies in Psychology

Charles Skoller
Assistant district attorney assigned to the case of Kitty Genovese in 1964.

Joseph De May
Kew Gardens resident since 1974.

Further Information

Listen to The story of Kitty Genovese
Link to the BBC Four website for audio on demand.

Information about Count Dracula, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde: Neurology and the Novel
Link to the All in the Mind archive for details about this week's podcast.

Joseph De May's website about Queens, New York

Publications

Title: Classic Case Studies in Psychology
Author: Geoff Rolls
Publisher: Publisher: Hodder Arnold (30 Jun 2005)
ISBN-13: 978-0340886922

Title: Thirty-Eight Witnesses: The Kitty Genovese Case
Author: AM Rosenthal, preface by Samuel Freedman
Publisher: Melville House Publishing (30 May 2008)
ISBN-13: 978-1933633299

Title: The Kitty Genovese Murder and the Social Psychology of Helping: the parable of the 38 witnesses
Author: Rachel Manning, Mark Levine, Alan Collins
Publisher: American Psychologist, 62(6), 555-562, 2007

Music

CD title: Crescent
Track title: Wise One
Artist: John Coltrane
Duration: 0'12"
Composer: John Coltrane
CD details: Impulse
Publishing/Copyright: Rondor

Presenter

Natasha Mitchell


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