The Murder of Kitty Genovese

References

• Cook, Kevin. 2014. Kitty Genovese: The Murder, the Bystanders, the Crime that Changed America. New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Company.
• Gallo, Marcia M. 2014. "The Parable of Kitty Genovese, the New York Times, and the Erasure of Lesbianism." Journal of the Hisotry of Sexuality 273.
• Gansberg, Martin. 1964. "37 who saw murder didn't call the police." New York Times, March 27: 1.
• New York Times. 1964. "Queens man seized in death of 2 women." New York Times, March 20: 21.
• Pearlman, Jeff. 2004. "'64 murder lives in heart of woman's 'friend'." Chicago Tribune, March 12: 4.
• Peltz, Jennifer. 2015. Kitty Genovese Killer Denied Parole in Notorious 1964 Case. November 17. Accessed January 9, 2026. nbcnewyork.com/news/local/kitty-genov....
• Roberts, Sam. 2020. "Sophia Farrar dies at 92; belied indifference to Kitty Genovese." New York Times, September 10.
• Rosenthal, Abe. 1964. "Apathy is puzzle in queens killing." New York Times, March 28: 21. —. 1964. "Study of the Sickness called apathy." New York Times, May 3: 24.
• Simon, Scott. 2016. The Witness' Tells A Different Story About The Kitty Genovese Murder. May 28. Accessed January 9, 2026. npr.org/2016/05/28/479824705/-the-wit....

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