Understanding the Effects of Violent Video Games on Violent Crime

Cunningham, A. Scott; Engelstätter, Benjamin; Ward, Michael R.

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“…Common cultural changes, such as increased accessibility to and use of electronic devices such as smartphones and tablets, may have prevented young people from committing their first crime, by simple incapacitation (Cunningham, Engelstätter, and Ward 2011). Changes in how certain types of behavior are diagnosed and treated may also affect the extensive margin of youth crime.…”

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A formal decomposition of declining youth crime in Denmark

Andersen¹,

Anker²,

Andersen³

2016

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A formal decomposition of declining youth crime in Denmark

Andersen¹,

Anker²,

Andersen³

2016

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“…In conclusion, the current study examines the association between the release of GTAV and the levels of registered juvenile crime committed by young males in the Netherlands. More specifically, the study tries to answer the question of whether the previously suggested incapacitating potential of playing videogames on crime (Cunningham et al, 2011(Cunningham et al, , 2016Impink et al, 2015;Ward, 2011) can also be detected at the level of a single game release. The hypothesis is that the modelled effect of GTAV's release (that is, initially strong, with a decline afterwards, as discussed above and further explained in the method section) is negatively associated with the number of registered criminal offences committed by male minors and young adults.…”

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

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Laan

2017

European Journal of Criminology

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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 V (GTAV) – and for registered juvenile crime in the Netherlands. A diminishing effect was modelled to estimate the active player base of GTAV (that is, the most players are active on and directly following release, with a decline in the weeks thereafter) and correlated with the number of registered offences in 2012–15 committed by males aged 12–18 and 18–25 years in a time series analysis. The effect of the release of GTAV was negatively associated with the number of registered offences in both age categories, while controlling for covariates (for example, day of the week). Implications are discussed.

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“…Anderson & Bushman, 2001;Ferguson, 2007) et d'addiction (Young, 1998Gentile et al, 2011). Ces travaux font en retour l'objet de critiques pour leur alarmisme (Ferguson, 2008), pour leur modélisation réductrice de la réception des médias (Cunningham, Engelstätter & Ward, 2011), ou encore pour leur conception unilatérale de la valeur des engagements sociaux (Dellwing, 2013). Les joueurs aussi participent parfois à la controverse : le traitement médiatique du jeu vidéo suscite régulièrement des positionnements défensifs de la part de blogueurs individuels 6 allant jusqu'à des formes de mobilisations prolongées et collectives comme dans le cas du blog allemand Stigma Videospiele ou encore de l'association suisse Gamerights.…”

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Le jeu vidéo comme pratique discréditable

Gerber¹

2015

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Partant du constat que la pratique des jeux vidéo a un statut incertain en termes de valeur culturelle et d’acceptabilité sociale, cet article esquisse les manières dont les joueurs de jeux vidéo se confrontent à des contraintes normatives et négocient les conditions d’acceptabilité de leur pratique. L’analyse de récits biographiques de 28 joueurs aux carrières ludiques variées permet de décrire comment se manifeste l’inacceptabilité de la pratique du jeu vidéo, puis de dresser un inventaire des positionnements adoptés face à la menace de discrédit : du simple évitement d’un stigmate jusqu’à l’ambition de transformer la place du jeu vidéo dans la société. Les joueurs n’ont pas les mêmes ressources pour rendre leur pratique acceptable, et nos résultats soulignent le poids de valeurs familiales intériorisées, du capital culturel et vidéoludique, ainsi que l’importance particulière de la position du joueur dans le parcours de vie.

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Understanding the Effects of Violent Video Games on Violent Crime

Cited by 15 publications

References 27 publications

A formal decomposition of declining youth crime in Denmark

A formal decomposition of declining youth crime in Denmark

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

Le jeu vidéo comme pratique discréditable

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