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Copy Cat Crime Analysis

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I truly enjoyed the readings especially Why study copy cat crime? I find the readings very ironic in two ways my husband occasionally plays grand theft auto five and when my little sister comes over she always wants to play with him, but the violence and language in the game turns a sweet little girl into a viscious player within seconds. Shouting get him! shoot! run her over! now she understands its a game and its not real and goes back to her sweet self once she done playing, but imagine playing this game 8 hours a day to where realty and the game become one. Devin Moore turned a game into reality in his mind there was no difference between the two now I know some of my classmates will disagree with me in this next point, but as a future …show more content…

On the day of the incident Devin played Grand theft for serval hours now as stated in the reading Moore had offered no resistance to his arrest and had no prior arrests or criminal history. There were no reported signs of danger; no caution flags that alerted the officer. ( Why study copycat crime? Ray Surrette) For a person to have no prior arrest and no criminal background to swich and commit such a hanies and violent crime it depicts the pscological effect the game has on Devin. This very incedent was on an episode on Law and Order SVU the perp spent hours a day playing a violent game then went out and commited a crime exactly as he seen on the game. Copy cat crime is a serious concern espically with the new social media with vine, youtube, Facebook, Worldstatrhiphop all depicting violent videos day after day people tend to memic what the see on social media to get more likes or some sort of fame. Comminting any where from a mistermenor to a felony all from following videos they watch hours of on social

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