Brandon Centerwall

Brandon Centerwall
Born1954 (age 70–71)
Los Angeles, California[1]
NationalityAmerican
Known forResearch on media violence
Scientific career
FieldsEpidemiology
InstitutionsUniversity of Washington

Brandon S. Centerwall (born 1954)[1] is an American epidemiologist and former professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington. He is known for researching the effects of media violence exposure, especially television, on homicide and assault rates.[2][3] For example, in a 1989 study, he found that homicide rates in the United States and Canada doubled within twenty years of television being introduced there, as compared to homicide rates among whites in South Africa.[4][5][6] He has also researched racial differences in domestic homicide rates, finding in 1995 that they are no longer statistically significant after controlling for socioeconomic status.[7] His research on the prevalence of handguns and homicide rates, in which he found no statistically significant relationship between the two,[8] has been cited favorably by some gun rights activists.[9][10]

References

  1. ^ a b Signorielli, Nancy (2005). Violence in the Media: A Reference Handbook. ABC-CLIO. p. 101. ISBN 9781851096046.
  2. ^ Centerwall, B. S. (June 10, 1992). "Television and violence: The scale of the problem and where to go from here". JAMA. 267 (22): 3059–3063. doi:10.1001/jama.1992.03480220077031. ISSN 0098-7484. PMID 1588720.
  3. ^ Cros, Jessica (October 25, 1993). "VIDEO GAME VIOLENCE: PUSHING THE WRONG BUTTONS". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved December 12, 2017.
  4. ^ CENTERWALL, BRANDON S. (April 1, 1989). "Exposure to Television as a Risk Factor for Violence". American Journal of Epidemiology. 129 (4): 643–652. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a115180. ISSN 0002-9262. PMID 2923115.
  5. ^ "TELEVISION VIOLENCE LINKED TO DOUBLING OF HOMICIDE RATES IN U.S." Deseret News. April 8, 1989. Retrieved December 12, 2017.
  6. ^ Cannon, Carl M. (July–August 1993). "Honey, I warped the kids". Mother Jones. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
  7. ^ Centerwall, Brandon S. (June 14, 1995). "Race, Socioeconomic Status, and Domestic Homicide". JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association. 273 (22): 1755–8. doi:10.1001/jama.1995.03520460037031. ISSN 0098-7484. PMID 7769768. Retrieved December 12, 2017.
  8. ^ Centerwall, Brandon S. (December 1, 1991). "Homicide and the Prevalence of Handguns: Canada and the United States, 1976 to 1980". American Journal of Epidemiology. 134 (11): 1245–1260. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a116027. ISSN 0002-9262. PMID 1843854.
  9. ^ Gifford, Dan (October 27, 1993). "Gun Control Doesn't Equal Crime Control". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved December 12, 2017.
  10. ^ Ketcham, Christopher (July 14, 2014). "Confessions of a Liberal Gun Lover". Rolling Stone. Retrieved January 11, 2019.


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