Can violent movies reduce crime?

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[00:00:00]So this paper finds that when violent movies come out, young men who love violence are in the movie theater.

[00:00:06]>> So they're not committing crimes.

[00:00:07]>> Yes. A 1 million increase in the audience for violent movies reduces violent crime by 1.1 to 1.3%.

[00:00:14]>> This is 52,000 weekend assaults prevented. That's an insane number. I think though the violent movie thing is actually doing a little bit too much here. I think it's actually just movies that young men like. Because when you go look in like the appendix, some of these are violent. Passion of the Christ, Jurassic Park 3, scary movie. Harry Potter 3 is considered mildly violent.

[00:00:32]Spider-Man is considered mildly violent.

[00:00:33]Star Wars 2 is considered mildly violent. Rush Hour 2, Austin Powers 2, Titanic, Twister.

[00:00:38]>> Yes, yes, yes. What it's actually showing is that movies that young men are into reduces crime because people sit at >> No, what it's actually showing is that young men are the ones committing crimes.