Killaessedai...
Learn more about sociopathy and psychopathy.
Here's some starting material:
http://www.prweb.com/releases/UW-Mad...web4084984.htm
http://www.hare.org/links/saturday.html
Do that first b4 commenting about it. You know some 90% of serial killers are psychopaths.
I think poverty drives crime more than violent video games. But I have little doubt that violent video games might have an influence on some players. For that matter, games are a waste of time.
This is interesting:
http://www.dana.org/news/cerebrum/detail.aspx?id=3066
Research shows that peope who do violent crime more often have more activity in the emotional part of their brain and less in the reasoning part. The same research also showed that they had less activity in the prefrontal cortex. This would indicate a lesser ability to control their emotional outbursts.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0913073401.htm
Some further reading:
http://www.cerebromente.org.br/n07/d.../disease_i.htm
Now how prefrontal dysfunction is greater among psychopaths that did not grow up in a deprived household. This is interesting because it seems to defy the notion that poverty causes crime.
It's noted here in the link I just listed:
He kind of continues this here:
He goes on to explore the idea about what it means for society if we cannot blame a violent criminal for their actions. So instead of saying it's a moral failing, we have to say it's a biological failing.
He asks "Could this not become a license to kill?" (if we can't blame them morally and/or punish them)