- Introduction to crime in the city - Headline cases In New York City,
crime is big--big in newspaper headlines, big to politicians who win and
lose jobs because of a flux in crime, and big in the lore of the city
itself. This book begins with a survey of crime in the Big Apple and
then focuses on its landmark cases, including the sixteen-year terrorism
of the Mad Bomber, the bystander effect in the fatal stabbing of Kitty
Genovese, the Son of Sam serial killings, the assassination of John
Lennon, the fall of mob boss Paul Castellano, and the murder of Jennifer
Levin by Preppie Killer Robert Chambers Jr.