Finally, some intelligent discussion of video games and their impact on children (even though the book has a rather sensationalist title).
“Video game popularity and real-world youth violence have been moving in opposite directions. Violent juvenile crime in the United States reached a peak in 1993 and has been declining ever since. School violence has also gone down. Between 1994 and 2001, arrests for murder, forcible rape, robbery and aggravated assaults fell 44 percent, resulting in the lowest juvenile arrest rate for violent crimes since 1983.â€
Part of a 3-part openeducation.net writeup on the upcoming book “Grand Theft Childhood: The Surprising Truth About Violent Video Games”