One article also states "Sustained changes in the region of the brain associated with cognitive function and emotional control were found in young adult men after one week of playing violent video games, according to study results presented by Indiana University School of Medicine researchers at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America.... Entertainment Merchants Association, No. 08-1448, said, "Like the protected books, plays and movies that preceded them, video games communicate ideas - and even social messages - through many familiar literary devices (such a...

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Theory links up the research and the problem, which is examined in the research. Theory allows the researchers a streamline of action. It is a set of logical, coherent, interrelated concepts, which attempt to explain some observable phenomena or group of facts. Review of the literature provides awar...

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Murder is such an emotional, irrational, cold-blooded act that these rational conclusions we expect murderers to be able to come to regarding their own lives are completely out of reach. One study that proves opponent's arguments that capital punishment does not deter murder was a comparison of the states with and without capital punishment law on the books. ... A child raised in a nurturing environment will display less aggressive and hostile behavior and may not suffer long-term emotional problems (Coon 77,78). ...

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"Sexual Violence- While the crimes of "rape- and "incest- have been on the statute books for hundreds of years, it was not until the 1970s that "sexual violence- was more fully explored and developed as a concept. ...

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How media portrays crime and the effect it has on the public In our everyday life, we rely on many different forms of media for both information and entertainment; from news channels, to television, even the video games we play all fall into the category of media. Since we have such a social connection to media, we have begun to realize the media, for all its benefits, may also affect the mindset of the general public. This review discusses and compares the layperson and actual sociological findings of the potential affects. It goes through what people believe about the sensationalization of c...

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