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Do Violent Video Games Cause Delinquency?

Is it possible violent video games are becoming the blueprint driving the average teenager to turn their virtual world into actual violence? There’s no doubt videogames are becoming increasingly violent. What is disturbing, video games reward players for killing police, villains and even innocent bystanders. Participants are rewarded in game play as they maim, kill, set off explosions, and fire off flame throwers and even decapitated villains. Consequently, as video games become more violent, violent teenager crime appears to follow suit. Could there be a common denominator between game violence and the real thing?
The Columbine attack and the recent Virginia Tech University shootings have repeatedly raised this question. In both cases, perpetrators’ of these senseless crimes have been reported as avid violent video games players. In the pages that follow, Team “A” of Criminal Justice Administration 430, University of......

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