So, if falling crime rates coincide with the rise of violent video games and increasing violence on TV and at the cinema, should we conclude that media violence is causing the drop in crime rates?
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If movies are causing moral decay, then crime ought to be going up, but crime is going down.
Times have not become more violent. They have just become more televised.
A large part of crime is economics - if people are working and and have a home and family to support, then I believe you can reduce the crime rate.
There are a lot of stats and a strong correlation between dropout rates and crime as well as poverty.
I feel like there is just as much violent programming in other countries and there is not the same incidence of factors. I think there are other factors contributing to violence in this country and not the media.
As sensors and networks continue to expand around the world, we'll see violence drop even further. After all, when there's a danger that your actions can be caught on tape and shown around the world, you're more responsible for your behavior.
Yes, violence begets more violence, but historically this has been the way of the world.
Violence has been a part of films since the beginning of time. It's been a form of entertainment.
There is a cultural factor promoting violence which nowadays undoubtedly is highly effective is the mass media. And particularly everything that enters our minds through pictorial media.
What to do about these increases in crime? Plenty of laws already exist to punish violent criminals, and research questions the level of correlation between longer sentences and lower crime rates.
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