Relationships of Media and Violence: How They Affect Criminal Justice

Although many argue the fact that the media has no adverse effects on society, there have been numerous amounts of documentation, experiments and studies that prove otherwise. It is made clear that the media of today is full of violence and explicit materials. The effect of media violence is commonly seen amongst our youth and within the criminal justice system. Although the relationships between media and violence are not the sole causes of violence and …showed first 75 words of 1820 total…

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