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The Relation Between Violent Video Games And Criminal Behavior

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Unfortunately, there is a ton of violence to go around, but the good news? Video games are not to blame. “Whenever there is a mass shooting in the United States, it does not take long before pundits suggest violent video games might be to blame, but, a new report from the American Psychological Association found that there is insufficient research to support that link” (Michael Casey) Although it is important to note “Evidence showing the games can increase aggression, but not enough to demonstrate that playing the games leads to criminal behavior, shootings, or delinquency.” (Michael Casey) I would also like to comment that playing hockey can increase aggression as well, but does that mean that every hockey player is going to go commit …show more content…

Violent’s actual definition is “behavior involving physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone or something.” Just simply playing video games will not make you want to kill anything or anyone, at least in my experience it does not, and I have been a very serious gamer for 10+ years, so I know a thing or …show more content…

Over 80% would be my guess, and how many of those students are overly violent, causing a threat to other students, or being school shooters, out of control, etc? If video games were the cause of all of these terrible things, don’t you think something would have been done about it a long time ago? Video games are nothing more than something to take your mind off the world, something for you to have fun on and enjoy, or relieve stress, make new connections and friends, honestly, if you are not playing them for a ridiculously long time, I have a hard time telling you any bad traits about video games. “If you play three hours of Call of Duty, you might feel a little bit pumped, but you are not going to go out and mug someone” (Zoe

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