The Centers for Disease Control realizes the impact visual images and "news" has on potential behavior: their policy to suppress "copycat" suicides is to refrain from showing victims of suicides, provide no details about the technical aspects of the method chosen, and in no way to glorify suicide. ... Additionally, research among offender populations has revealed high correlations between violent individuals and the importance of the media they consumed as sources for "ideas" (Surette, 2002). ... Discussion of Theory The behaviors chosen and exhibited by individuals are the result of persona...

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