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August 12, 2011

Do Video Games Prevent Violent Crime?

Peter Sudeman, Reason


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It's common enough to blame youth violent crime on the increasing popularity of violent video games. But the massive declines in violent crime since the emergence of realistic violent games suggests that, at minimum, games haven't caused more crime.

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