The Role of Exposure to Media Violence in the Etiology of Violent Behavior
A Criminologist Weighs In
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3757960 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joanne Savage (0000-0001-6642-5704, American University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 1123-1136 |
| Publication date | 2008-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Behavioral Scientist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7642 • E-ISSN: 1552-3381 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0002764207312016 |
| OpenAlex | W2168018325 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 41 |
Criminologists have been conspicuously absent from the debate about media violence and aggression. In this article, the author attempts to fill this void by discussing the relationship between exposure to television and film violence and violent behavior in the context of the empirical and theoretical literature on violent crime. Some criticisms of the literature on media violence are offered. The disjuncture between the absence of media violence in the criminological literature and the emphasis on it in other disciplines is also discussed. It is concluded that the empirical literature on media violence and aggression has not established that exposure to media violence causes violent criminal behavior
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Manufacturing consensus in a diverse field of scholarly opinions
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A General Theory of Crime
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Social Structure and Anomie
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| Unique citing works | 12 |
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| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2019 (12) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |