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- Title
Imitative Violence in the Real World: A Reanalysis of Homicide Rates Following Championship Prize Fights.
- Authors
Miller, Todd Q.; Heath, Linda; Molcan, John R.; Dugoni, Bernard L.
- Abstract
Recently, Phillips [Am Soc Re,, 1983; 48:560-568] reported that the homicide rate increases on the third day after heavyweight championship prize fights. The present paper reports a reanalysis of Phillips's data using non sophisticated statistical techniques and examining several theoretically important variables not discussed by Phillips or his critics. Using a conservative analysis strategy, our results suggest that the increases in homicides reported by Phillips were not a methodological artifact as suggested by Baron and Reiss [Am Soc Rev 1985; 50:347-363,372-3761]. The homicide increase only occur on the first weekend or holiday after prize fights that receive the greatest publicity.
- Subjects
VIOLENCE; HOMICIDE; WRESTLING; VIOLENCE in mass media; BOXING; FIGHTING (Psychology)
- Publication
Aggressive Behavior, 1991, Vol 17, Issue 3, p121
- ISSN
0096-140X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/1098-2337(1991)17:3<121::AID-AB2480170302>3.0.CO;2-U