Post: Violent Games Decrease Crime Rate
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06-23-2011, 02:14 AM
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The Open Minded
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As gamers we all hear about people who blame violent crime on equally or even more violent video games. Psychologists and counselors spout off these unbelievable tales of the child gamer turned serial killer. Many parents will not allow their children to play such violent games, in the belief that they will have an adverse affect on their children.
Video games themselves should have an age limit. Now that limit should be set by parents based upon the maturity of their own individual child. Some children will become violent after playing violent games. Some will not.
The notion that all people will be adversely affected by video games is a gross over generalization.
A Baylor University study has found that while in many cases video games will increase the players aggression, they will not be likely to put that aggression into violent crime. This is due to the fact that the users who are playing video games enough to derive aggression from them are not likely to break from that habit and switch to violent crime. They are more likely to put that aggression back into video games.
Now I will admit that there have been cases of violence caused directly and indirectly by video games. Some people will commit crime to feed their gaming habit. While some simply derive anger and violent tendencies from the imagery in violent games.
Overall the study shows that gaming will cause a decrease in crime rate. This is simply due to the fact that more people are playing games. They aren't on the streets getting into real drugs, real guns, or real gangs. They are simulating it in the legal comfort of their own home.
So what are your opinions? Do you think that video games increase violence? Decrease it? DO violent video games have a direct mental affect on you or anyone you know?
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06-23-2011, 11:14 PM
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lndifferent
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Yeah, violent games decreasing crime sounds a little far-fetched. If they have a personality for crime and they're constantly being provoked by a game, wouldn't that raise the chances of them acting out aggression out of a video game?
06-23-2011, 11:59 PM
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Tire_Iron
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my belief is that the violent games are a non-harmful outlet for pent up rage, though when I need such an outlet it isn't completely satisfying in that I can't beat the corpse and get some sort of reaction from it, but it's the same way in life I'd suppose, unless corpses try to run away when you beat them. games need more user end creativity in their killing to really be satisfying in that sense.
side note, I take mild offense that OP listed "getting into real guns" along with crimes like drugs and gangs, guns in and of themselves are not a crime and one can have perfectly legitimate, even constructive reasons to have guns.
side note, I take mild offense that OP listed "getting into real guns" along with crimes like drugs and gangs, guns in and of themselves are not a crime and one can have perfectly legitimate, even constructive reasons to have guns.
06-24-2011, 01:37 AM
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The Open Minded
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Originally posted by Adam
How on earth do Violent games Decrease crime..
Did you not read the original post? Please make reference to the original post before asking any questions.
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06-24-2011, 01:42 AM
#26
mb5755
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Originally posted by Cain
Woah that's a bit.. mad. I still think people would go out and crave their killing habit like whenever you get pwned by a Helicopter on GTA IV. 
Haha, very true. I have 50 holes in my wall from that same idiot in the helicopter blowing up any car i get in :p
06-24-2011, 03:46 AM
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PULS3
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Originally posted by The
Violent Games Decrease Crime Rate
Source: You must login or register to view this content. // You must login or register to view this content. // By: The Open Minded // Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011
As gamers we all hear about people who blame violent crime on equally or even more violent video games. Psychologists and counselors spout off these unbelievable tales of the child gamer turned serial killer. Many parents will not allow their children to play such violent games, in the belief that they will have an adverse affect on their children.
Video games themselves should have an age limit. Now that limit should be set by parents based upon the maturity of their own individual child. Some children will become violent after playing violent games. Some will not.
The notion that all people will be adversely affected by video games is a gross over generalization.
A Baylor University study has found that while in many cases video games will increase the players aggression, they will not be likely to put that aggression into violent crime. This is due to the fact that the users who are playing video games enough to derive aggression from them are not likely to break from that habit and switch to violent crime. They are more likely to put that aggression back into video games.
Now I will admit that there have been cases of violence caused directly and indirectly by video games. Some people will commit crime to feed their gaming habit. While some simply derive anger and violent tendencies from the imagery in violent games.
Overall the study shows that gaming will cause a decrease in crime rate. This is simply due to the fact that more people are playing games. They aren't on the streets getting into real drugs, real guns, or real gangs. They are simulating it in the legal comfort of their own home.
So what are your opinions? Do you think that video games increase violence? Decrease it? DO violent video games have a direct mental affect on you or anyone you know?
Source: You must login or register to view this content. // You must login or register to view this content. // By: The Open Minded // Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011
As gamers we all hear about people who blame violent crime on equally or even more violent video games. Psychologists and counselors spout off these unbelievable tales of the child gamer turned serial killer. Many parents will not allow their children to play such violent games, in the belief that they will have an adverse affect on their children.
Video games themselves should have an age limit. Now that limit should be set by parents based upon the maturity of their own individual child. Some children will become violent after playing violent games. Some will not.
The notion that all people will be adversely affected by video games is a gross over generalization.
A Baylor University study has found that while in many cases video games will increase the players aggression, they will not be likely to put that aggression into violent crime. This is due to the fact that the users who are playing video games enough to derive aggression from them are not likely to break from that habit and switch to violent crime. They are more likely to put that aggression back into video games.
Now I will admit that there have been cases of violence caused directly and indirectly by video games. Some people will commit crime to feed their gaming habit. While some simply derive anger and violent tendencies from the imagery in violent games.
Overall the study shows that gaming will cause a decrease in crime rate. This is simply due to the fact that more people are playing games. They aren't on the streets getting into real drugs, real guns, or real gangs. They are simulating it in the legal comfort of their own home.
So what are your opinions? Do you think that video games increase violence? Decrease it? DO violent video games have a direct mental affect on you or anyone you know?
Would you posting where you got this.I would like to show my parents this.
06-24-2011, 03:55 AM
#28
The Open Minded
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Originally posted by PULS3
Would you posting where you got this.I would like to show my parents this.
At the top directly under the title there are two links. One to GameInformer where I first saw it and another to the Baylor Study. The Study is 42 pages long though. :y:
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