Stop teaching our kids to kill : a call to action against TV, movie, and video game violence / by Lt. Col. Dave Grossman and Gloria DeGaetano.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grossman, Dave.

Contributor:

DeGaetano, Gloria.

Lipman Criminology Library Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass media and children.

Television and children.

Violence on television.

Children and violence.

Physical Description:

viii, 240 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm

Edition:

Revised and updated edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Harmony Books, [2014]

Summary:

Newtown, Aurora, Virginia Tech, Columbine. There is no bigger or more important issue in America than youth violence. Kids, some as young as ten years old, take up arms with the intention to murder. Why is this happening? Lt. Col. Dave Grossman and Gloria DeGaetano believe the root cause is the steady diet of violent entertainment kids see on TV, in movies, and in the video games they play--witnessing hundreds of violent images a day. Offering incontrovertible evidence based on recent scientific studies and research, they posit that this media is not just conditioning children to be violent and see killing as acceptable but teaching them the mechanics of killing as well. Stop Teaching Our Kids to Kill supplies the statistics, interprets the copious research that exists on the subject, and suggests the many ways to make a difference in your home, at school, in your community, in the courts, and in the larger world. In using this book, parents, educators, social-service workers, youth advocates, and anyone interested in the welfare of our children will have a solid foundation for effective action and prevention of future Columbines, Jonesboros, and Newtowns.

Contents:

Introduction : it's not normal

1. It's a violent world . for our kids

2. The compelling evidence

3. Murder, torture, brutality : dangerous "games"

4. The story I tell myself about myself

5. Actions speak louder than words.

Notes:

"Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Crown Publishers, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House LLC, New York, in 1999."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Lipman Criminology Library Fund.

ISBN:

9780804139359

0804139350

OCLC:

851420492

Publisher Number:

99981673393