... There was particular concern because of the way large numbers of women and children learned how to commit crime by seeing crime scenes on the screen. Others, on the other hand believed that stories of romantic love affairs would undermine marriage and threaten the family. A recent case carried out by Newbun and Hagell 1995 showed the murder of a 2 year-old boy named James Bulger. The murder of the child was blamed on horror films one particular film was child's play 3, which was seen to be associated with the murder. However there was no real evidence that either of the children who had murdered the boy had seen the film. In 1971 'A clock work orange' was withdrawn from British cinemas because of imitative violence seen by young gangs. In 1987 the Hungerford massacre was said to have been inspired by Michael Ryans obsession with 'Rambo' films and ...

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