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The Article "Boys guilty of murder - Detention without limit for 'Unparalleled Evil'-" comes from the Guardian Newspaper on Thursday 25th November 1993 and was written by Edward Pilkington.
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BOYS GUILTY OF BULGER MURDER - DETENTION WITHOUT LIMIT FOR 'UNPARALLELED EVIL' ARTI MEHTA 1. The Article "Boys guilty of murder - Detention without limit for 'Unparalleled Evil'-" comes from the Guardian Newspaper on Thursday 25th November 1993 and was written by Edward Pilkington. The article has three underlying psychological assumptions. The first assumption is that exposure to violent video films (such as Child's play 3) is a contribution for a reason as to why the two boys abducted and murdered two-years-old James Bulger. As the just is quoted as saying '...I suspect exposure to violent video films may be in part an explanation'. Films such as 'Child's Play 3' have been cited widely as examples of how screen violence can induce copycat actions among viewers. The boys could have been attempting to imitate aggressive behaviour they had seen on the videos. Children imitating aggressive acts has been studied by Bandura in...
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