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Author: Di Tella, Rafael

Title: Crime and Violence: Desensitization in Victims to Watching Criminal Events

Summary: We study desensitization to crime in a lab experiment by showing footage of criminal acts to a group of subjects, some of whom have been previously victimized. We measure biological markers of stress and behavioral indices of cognitive control before and after treated participants watch a series of real, crime-related videos (while the control group watches non-crime-related videos). Not previously victimized participants exposed to the treatment video show significant changes in cortisol level, heart rate, and measures of cognitive control. Instead, previously victimized individuals who are exposed to the treatment video show biological markers and cognitive performance comparable to those measured in individuals exposed to the control video. These results suggest a phenomenon of desensitization or habituation of victims to crime exposure.

Details: Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2017. 33p.

Source: Internet Resource: NBER Working Paper Series, Working Paper 23697: Accessed August 21, 2017 at: http://www.nber.org/papers/w23697

Year: 2017

Country: United States

URL: http://www.nber.org/papers/w23697

Shelf Number: 146793

Keywords:
Desensitization
Victims of Crime
Videos