The release of Grand Theft Auto V and registered juvenile crime in the Netherlands

Prior research suggests that playing videogames can have a voluntary incapacitating effect on criminal behaviour. The current study investigates whether this negative association between videogames in general and crime rates can also be found for the release of a single videogame – Grand Theft Auto...

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Authors: Beerthuizen, Marinus GCJ (Author) ; Weijters, Gijs (Author) ; Laan, A. M. van der (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2018
In: European journal of criminology
Year: 2017, Volume: 14, Issue: 6, Pages: 751-765
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Keywords:
Grand Theft Auto V
Juvenile crime
Videogames
Voluntary incapacitation