The Truth About Violent Youth and Video Games
Finally, someone is starting to stand up against the media's idea that there is a correlation between violent video games and violent kids.
From GameRevolution.com
The whole concept is a lie manufactured, distributed and perpetuated by the media. Kids are not killing each other more frequently than they used to. In fact, it turns out the opposite is true.
That first graph is the overall violent crime rate, and we’re talking about youth violence here. So I found the data sorted by age, and it turns out that through 2002, youth homicide actually dropped across the board, the only increase being among adults. If I may quote directly from the D.O.J. report, “Recently, the offending rates for 14-17 year-olds reached the lowest levels ever recorded.”The lowest levels ever recorded. In other words, the Playstation era has, in fact, produced the most non-violent kids ever.
