The Killing Games: An Empirical Study of the Effect of Violent Video Game Sales on Same Week Crime
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2013
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Haverford College. Department of Economics
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This paper explores the relationship between video game sales and same week crimes in the United States. This study further focuses on violent video game sales and violent crime with additional investigation into various subsets of the criminal population according to age, gender, and race. Using an Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) model, the years from 2005-2010 were analyzed using the top 30 video games sold and the National Incident-Based Reporting System. The study finds that while there is a positive relationship between violent video games and crime, as well as a negative relationship between non-violent video games and crime, the effects are small and generally economically inconsequential.