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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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14 June 2016. This article talks about the possible dangers violent video games have on children. The issue stems from a school shooting at the hands of two avid gamers who played the game Doom one of the original action games. They make connections between the violence they experience in the game, and how that could have impacted their decision to murder 13 students.

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In conclusion, violence in video games does not cause violence in the real world since most human beings have enough common sense to know that killing is wrong, there is little to no connection between simulated violence and real world violence, and rather than increase someone's stress and aggression, relieves

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According to ProCon.org “Violent video games have been blamed for school shootings. It also increases in bullying and violence towards women”(Do Violent Video). Some parents think games like Grand Theft Auto are violent for kids because it gives kids bad ideas. Some parents still buy the games for their kids even though there's an age restriction. Violent video games don't make people more violent in real life because there is no proof of people killing people over a video game, no one has shot up a school because of a video game, and parents are responsible for their child.

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“It takes a second to make a choice but that second can lead to a consequence that last for your lifetime.” In this essay I’m gonna be telling you about the theme, characterization, and tone of the stories “The Monkey’s Paw” and “The Old Grandfather.” I learned from the two stories that each choice you make could come with a brutal consequence.

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Violent Video Game Controversy Some think that violent video games make high school or college teens more likely to commence a mass shooting, studies show 27% had an interest in violent movies, 24% in violent books, and 37% exhibited interest in their own violent writings, while only 12% showed interest in violent video games("The Final Report and Findings of the Safe School Initiative: Implications for the Prevention of School Attacks in the United States) United States Secret Service website, July 2004). Even if the video game is violent, the violence does not contribute to real world violence.

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David Walsh of the National Institute on Media and Family shows some alarming research in his essay, "Video Game Violence and Public Policy." He states that, "Children between the ages of seven and seventeen play about eight hours a week. " This just makes the affects, like physiological reactions, more obvious. Walsh's research shows that exposure to violent games can stimulate the same reactions that occur when one is engaged in a fight. And this is clearly not what we want the adolescents of America to be

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There has been an ongoing debate on whether or not there is a relationship between violent video games and engaging in violent acts. The majority of best-selling games involve frequent acts of violence as the central gameplay theme such as; Call of Duty, Halo, Grand Theft Auto, and Battlefield. In today 's media, we see acts of violence everywhere. I have personally seen people blame violent video games for recent school shootings that have occurred. One of the biggest question in our society at the moment is, do violent video games have a long-term effect on people, or are there other contributing factors that lead to such violence?

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First, there isn’t enough evidence to support the claims behind violent video games making teens more aggressive. There have been hundreds of studies done to provide evidence for both sides of this argument. Some have concluded violent video games make people more violent, but there have been just as many other studies which have found no evidence at all. This shows how there isn 't enough evidence because if researchers had found solid evidence on violent video games negatively affecting people, wouldn 't these games have been discontinued or at least changed?

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The cause of violent action in the real world are not caused by violent video games. Violent video games have been around since 1976. There was a rating system put into place to let people know what was in the game they were buying. There is research and studies that prove violent video games have nothing to do with crimes all around the world. Even though there are people and politicians who believe that violent video games lead to violent behavior,the research and studies show that that is not the

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Some even pick up bullying habits. “M-gamer girls were three times as likely to say that they’d damaged property just for fun during the previous year than non-M-gamer girls. M-gamer boys were more than twice as likely as non-M-gamer boys to do so” (Lessons We’ve Learned) One of the largest most in depth studies with more than 1,200 middle-school children and more than 500 of their parents over a 2-year span found the following: “girls who played (any kind of) video games nearly everyday… were more likely to report bullying other kids, being in physical fights, or getting in trouble with teachers” (8).

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A recent content analysis by the research organization Children Now shows that a majority of video games include violence and about half of the violent incidents would result in serious injuries or death in the "real" world. Claim1 Research involving British primary schoolchildren found that the length of time young people spend playing games, rather than their content, could have an effect on their behavior or school performance. But it concluded that fears that generations of young people are growing up with their development impaired by exposure to violent video games are no more likely to be borne out than previous “moral panics” over television and other media. Playing one-player games is not always negative if you do it moderately.

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Violet video games have been blamed for several young people killing students at school. Young people are not able to think like adults so they are easy to follow the wrong way of doing things like they see in video games. Other countries do not have the same problems because their laws are strict or their customs for punishing wrong doing is much harder. Some of the violent video games young people like to play are : Grand theft auto, Call to duty, and Assassin. These games show a lot of blood and people getting killed.

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Do Video Games Promote Violence? Does virtual violence lead to actual violence? As we all know at this age of sophisticated technology and information, children are more exposed to video gaming compared to the past decades. As a result, video gaming industry has gained tremendous growth since coming into the market in the 1980s. This is because of the increased number of its consumers, especially children and teenagers.

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Some researches admit that violent games may cause adolescents to become tremendous. Studies showed that video games increase psychological awakening, it could also increase aggressive behavior, emotions and thoughts and finally let teenagers lose the sense of helping others. All these effects will be carried by aggressive young people. It’s true that video games are violent, but aggressive adolescents are more likely to be more attracted to it. Some games reward players for doing violent actions, so this will affect them negatively, letting them think that violence is normal.

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Does violent video game contributes to youth violence According to research, as 97% of 12-17year old kids are playing video games. The domestic video game industries earn about 21 billion dollars per year. More than half of best-selling video games contain violence scene. Now the violent video game has been blamed for school shooting, increasing the bullying, and sexual assaults.

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