Can someone please help with my sociology research?

Question

I need to find something that tells me that crimes commited by teenagers are increasing....i was looking for a line graph really but can't seem to find one. Also I need something (preferably a line graph again) that shows me there is an increase in teenagers/people buying violent video games. thanks in advance. xxxxx

Answer 1

I actually don't think you're going to find that because youth crime is NOT on the rise and statistics show that violent video games do not increase violent tendencies.

My daughter just wrote a similar paper on this. Her research found that "...federal crime statistics that the rate of juvenile violent crime in the United States is at a thirty-year low."

Answer 2

Email exactly what you need and i will be able to help, i've got a BA (hons) in Criminal Justice and an MA in Criminology.

Answer 3

The primary source of crime stats is the FBI uniform Crime Reports. You can go to the FBI website and get those quite easily. However, they are not valid. Though they are somewhat reliable year to year, they only record "Officially reported" crimes that are sent upline to the FBI. Also many crimes are unreported, and changing rules of reporting crime makes the numbers weak. For instance - driving without a license and drinking under age at the same time usually results in the worst of the two being reported. Second, state to state differences are a problem - a joint in one state may be a misdemeanor and if a juvy is caught it may not be reported since that is more paper work, in a different state that same joint may be a felony and as a serious it might get reported more often.  But the trend does generally seem to show that most types of juvy crime are reduced.

Answer 4

by the way there is no solid proof that games lead to violence, as a testimony I've played all sorts and (luckily) I still have my cool, ;) Scientists just want to gods, to measure everything and pinpoint its source,..

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