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T1 Understanding the effects of violent video games on violent crime
T2 Discussion paper
JF Discussion paper
A1 Cunningham, A. Scott
A1 Engelstätter, Benjamin
A1 Ward, Michael R. 1961-
A2 Engelstätter, Benjamin
A2 Ward, Michael R. 1961-
LA English
PP Mannheim
PB ZEW
YR 2011
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1424857961
AB Psychological studies invariably find a positive relationship between violent video game play and aggression. However, these studies cannot account for either aggressive effects of alternative activities video game playing substitutes for or the possible selection of relatively violent people into playing violent video games. That is, they lack external validity. We investigate the relationship between the prevalence of violent video games and violent crimes. Our results are consistent with two opposing effects. First, they support the behavioral effects as in the psychological studies. Second, they suggest a larger voluntary incapacitation effect in which playing either violent or non-violent games decrease crimes. Overall, violent video games lead to decreases in violent crime.
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