Information from Iowa State University Research By a
conservative estimate, about 50% of male children and teens
regularly play violent video games such as Grand Theft Auto, in
Newark, NJ. All green links on this page are off-site links from
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of the AYCNP In Newark, NJ violent video games are the norm for
pre-adolescent and young adolescent boys. Some play violent
video games directly after school daily, others even play
violent video games on school computers and video equipment. In
one grade and middle school, pre-adolescents and young teens
play violent video games such as Grand Theft Auto on handheld
electronic units. They play during lunch recess in the school
cafeteria and even in class during class parties or at the end
of the year when classwork slows down. A group of young boys use
handheld units linked by satellite to virtually kill each other
with handheld units in the school cafeteria during lunch break
while other students play in th