How much do we know about the viewing habits of young offenders?
What do young offenders watch? What attracts them to these programmes and films?
To what extent are violent films or programmes actually available to and viewed by young people?
Because of the lack of consensus over possible links between violence on the screen and aggressive behaviour in viewers, debate about young offenders and their media use is frequently conducted at the level of assertion and assumption. This book provides information on which to base a more balanced discussion of the viewing of crime and violence by young offenders.
This study reports the findings of research that compares the viewing habits and preferences of young offenders and schoolchildren of the same age. It examines what young people read, what they watch on television, on video and at the cinema, and the extent of their video game playing.
£15.00 paperback ISBN 0 85374 614 1
1994 105 pages 216 x 135mm
Report number 763