TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2008//
TI  - The effects of media violence exposure on criminal aggression: a meta-analysis
JO  - Criminal justice and behavior
A1  - Savage, Joanne
A1  - Yancey, Christina
SP  - 772
EP  - 791
VL  - 35
IS  - 6
N2  - The article presents a meta-analysis of studies--yielding 26 independent samples of subjects--on the relationship between exposure to media violence and violent aggression. Mean effect sizes from aggregate and experimental studies do not suggest that media violence and criminal aggression are positively associated, but findings from prospective longitudinal studies are more ambiguous. Summary statistics based on models strictly conforming to each study's original design were compared to post hoc models (in which measures or model specification were not consistent with the original description). Overall, "original" models, controlling for "trait," did not suggest that exposure to media violence is associated with criminal aggression. The summary statistic for boys reached statistical significance, but the effect size was small, and conclusions based on this finding are attenuated because of known biases in the coefficients estimated.   Keywords: Juvenile justice<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0093-8548
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0093854808316487
ID  - ref1
ER  -