Dahl, Gordon; Della Vigna, Stefano - 2008
whether media violence affects violent crime in the field. We exploit variation in the violence of blockbuster movies from … 1995 to 2004, and study the effect on same-day assaults. We find that violent crime decreases on days with larger theater … in the audience for violent movies reduces violent crime by 1.1 to 1.3 percent. After exposure to the movie, between 12AM …
