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Study the Juvenile Justice System
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Media violence has phenomenal impact on children’s aggressive behaviors. Actually it is not the only factor that affects their behavior to act aggressively for majority of juvenile offenders use alcohol and illegal drugs. Nonetheless, the exposure to media violence that glorifies abuse, bloodshed, and brutality, such as in television, film, video games, has increased the likelihood of physically and verbally aggressive behavior among juvenile offenders. Even the educators fear that violence in media foster hostility, negative imagery of women, or social isolation. Exposure to extremely violent behaviors not just last in short-term thoughts but produce long-term effects depending on the learning process of children. In the aspect of observational learning, the behavior of a child, who is often playing video games, is usually transmitted through the social actions of people around him.
Watching violence through media that shows extremely sensitive acts influence the person emotionally and mentally as he may imitate such wrongdoing. Accordingly, when a child grew up in a family where there is physical and emotional abuse, he will tend to be aggressive in interacting with his peers and with other people. It is undeniable that children are exposed to a massive dose of violence existing in society. The produced television series, movies, and mobile or computer games mirror the contemporary violence that is actually happening around us. The nature of conflict and violence has significantly divided and created disparity in the minds and treatment of children to other.
I am going to study the effect of media violence to juvenile offenders punished under juvenile justice. This research serves to remind and catch the attention of authorities and parents to be involved in the undertakings of their children because the leniency of allowing children to be exposed in violence has tremendous effect not only to their wellbeing, as a child, but also to common good of society.
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1. Huesmann, R. & Taylor, L.D. (2006). The Role of Media Violence in Violent Behavior. Annual Review of Public Health, 27, 393-415.
The authors explained that video game is an evolutionary medium to motivate the minds and facilitate learning. It also mentioned that video games not just serve for entertainment, but it also played role in educating the learners. In turn, media violence, like hostile video games, has made disputes as to whether it should be allowed to show and play by children or not. The authors argued that though players are just playing in virtual setting through their controlled characters, by and large, it influences the mind and emotional reactions of the players. Some of the reactions are fear, power, aggression, wonder, or joy.
2. Bushman, B.J. & Craig, A.A. (2001). Media Violence and the American Public: Scientific Facts Versus Media Misinformation. American Psychologist, 56 (6/7), 477-489.
Bushman and Craig contend that the rate of serious adult and juvenile offending are considerably due media violence exposure. It states that the behavior of an individual is learned from the things he/ she see in his surroundings. This concludes that it is possible that a delinquent act may prosper if the person is within an environment full of aggression. There is learning in the environment and this is adopted by the individual as he grows up. Thus far, youths that are addictive in playing games and watching movies are affected on the way they think and behave.
3. Freedman, J.L. (2002). From Villain or Scapegoat? Media Violence and Aggression. University Press 2002, 3-21.
Freedman claims that media violence has substantial effects to aggressive behavior of individuals. He argued that the evidence provided to support the arguments stressing that media violence has impact to aggression is not very strong. And even if there is evidence that demonstrate this claim, the magnitude of this effect would still be small. Consequently, the causes of violence emerge to be in the same way entrenched in structural differences across communities and cities are not because of media violence but due to environmental factors which highlight the discrepancy in society, such as race and ethnicity. For this reason, it is indispensable to compare the contexts within which juveniles are raised so as to clearly consider various aspects in suitable position. In this regard, it is a values structure which distinguished that justice is an unsurpassed achievement that by constructing, or upgrading, interactions between crime victims, society, and juvenile offenders can be preserved in extent of better connections.
4. Bergman, P. Berman, S.J. & Berman-Barrett, S.J. (2008). The Criminal Law Handbook: Know Your Rights, Survive the System (10th Ed, rev.). Berkeley, CA: Nolo.
The roots of paternalism are deep in the juvenile justice system, with which exercised its authority in the seam of “parens patriae” or parent of the country. According to this concept, the state assumed that minors really belong to the government and parents are temporarily custodians. The government took the responsibility of children parenting until such time children disclose positive changes, or turn into adults. Thus, it is not only the duty of parents to discipline and take responsibility of the offense committed by their children but should also be the concern of government authorities.
5. Savage, J. (2004). Does viewing violent media really cause criminal violence? A methodological review. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 10, 99–128.
Regulating the media by authority has a duty of ensuring public safety as well as strengthening each society’s capability to put off and manage crime. That is, any juvenile offenders that commit crime are necessarily executed, but not on the center-stage of court ruling given to adult; for children should be judged according to the level of their perspectives. When juvenile crime is thought to be strangely elevated, however the great number of insensitive sentence and undersized number of lenient conducts forces administrators between functioning and harsh punishment.
References
Bergman, P. Berman, S.J. & Berman-Barrett, S.J. (2008). The Criminal Law Handbook: Know Your Rights, Survive the System (10th Ed, rev.). Berkeley, CA: Nolo.
Bushman, B.J. & Craig, A.A. (2001). Media Violence and the American Public: Scientific Facts Versus Media Misinformation. American Psychologist, 56 (6/7), 477-489.
Freedman, J.L. (2002). From Villain or Scapegoat? Media Violence and Aggression. University Press 2002, 3-21.
Huesmann, R. & Taylor, L.D. (2006). The Role of Media Violence in Violent Behavior. Annual Review of Public Health, 27, 393-415.
Savage, J. (2004). Does viewing violent media really cause criminal violence? A methodological review. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 10, 99–128.
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