Young Offenders, Gambling and Video Game Playing

Datos Bibliográficos

ID8403283
AutoresGRAHAM HUFF, Graham J Huff (Frontier Hospital), FRANCES COLLLINSON (Brunel University of London)
Año1987
Volumen27
Número4
Páginas401-410
Fecha de publicación1987-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaThe British Journal of Criminology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0007-0955 • E-ISSN: 1464-3529
EditorialOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/oxfordjournals.bjc.a047690
OpenAlexW2318627303
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas15
Referencias citadas1

The gambling/video playing behaviour of 100 trainees in ayouth custody centre was surveyed. Twenty-three per cent. of those who gambled (i.e. 60 per cent. of the full sample) and 21 per cent. of those playing video games (also 60per cent.) said they had committed an offence to finance their habit. “Criminal” video game players were the most distinctive sub-group: differences between them and “non-criminal” players included their being younger, having started playing earlier, more frequently spending all their money playing, and reporting more relationship problems. Gamblers, both “criminal” and “non-criminal”, appeared more homogeneous and to have fewer problems. An explanation is suggested—while gambling is incorporated into the national culture, video game playing is a recent phenomenon forming its own subculture which may intensity the problems of its adherents. It is also pointed out that causal links between gambling/video game playing and crime have yet to be established, and finally the need to obtain objective data on these behviours is indicated

Criminal behavior · Criminology · Habit · Homogeneous · Multimedia · Phenomenon · Sample (material) · Video game · Computer Science · Digital Games and Media · FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance · Gambling Behavior and Treatments · Psychology · Social Psychology