In Great Britain, a particularly violent case of sexual violence has reignited the debate about violence in computer and video games.
In the English city of Swindon, a twelve-year-old is said to have repeatedly raped his six-year-old sister in order to recreate certain scenes from the well-known video game “Grand Theft Auto” (“GTA”). Because the boy is still so young, he has now been sentenced to stay in a therapeutic facility for twelve months. He will also be listed on the official sex offenders register for two and a half years.
Only play from 18
" It has emerged that the boy attacked his victim on numerous occasions in his parents' home while the parents were in other rooms or sleeping ," reports the British newspaper "Independent" on the case, which was recently heard at Swindon Youth Court became. The attacks once happened on Christmas Eve. “ The sexual violence was triggered by relevant images in a video game that has an age rating of 18 and over according to the European PEGI classification system ,” according to the description.
“Many different studies have been published in recent years on the topic of violence in video games. The most recent of these comes to the conclusion that there is no connection between violent content in games and the aggression potential of children and young people.”
… Matthias Jax, project manager at Saferinternet , explains to pressetext. If you want to protect your children from inappropriate content, you would be well advised to get an impression for yourself. “ The PEGI label is only a guide. However, platforms like YouTube offer the opportunity to watch games in advance. In Austria there is also the BuPP.at platform on which the Federal Chancellery offers information about digital games ," explains Jax.
Sex, drugs, violence
The GTA series from Rockstar Games , is considered one of the most successful video game series ever. In its more than 20-year history, the game has often caused scandals and strong criticism from youth advocates due to openly displayed sex, drugs and violent content. The possibility of not only having sex with prostitutes, but also murdering and then robbing them caused particular controversy.
In the present case in England, the twelve-year-old sex offender, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has now pleaded guilty in court to four counts of rape. If he successfully completes the one-year therapeutic treatment in a special facility that was imposed on him as a punishment, the corresponding entries in his criminal file will be deleted.
Source: press release
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