According to federal crime statistics, the rate of juvenile violent crime in the United States is at a 30-year low. Researchers find that people serving time for violent crimes typically consume less media before committing their crimes than the average person in the general population. It's true that young offenders who have committed school shootings in America have also been game players. But young people in general are more likely to be gamers — 90 percent of boys and 40 percent of girls play. The overwhelming majority of kids who play do NOT commit antisocial acts. According to a 2001 U.S. Surgeon General's report, the strongest risk factors for school shootings centered on mental stability and the quality of home life, not media exposure. The moral panic over violent video games is doubly harmful. It has led adult authorities to be more suspicious and hostile to many kids who already feel cut off from the system. It also misdirects energy away from eliminating the actual causes of youth violence and allows problems to continue to fester.http://www.pbs.org/kcts/videogamerevolution/impact/myths.html
i believe that violet's is not costed by video games but by the craziness of people
but by the way people are raised and environment.
You have found an excellent article to support your opinion!
ReplyDeleteThat is an awesome article and you have an excellent point: people always have a choice. Sometimes their environment does shape how they decide what choices are right or wrong, but they still have a choice!
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