Amusement Machines: Dependency and Delinquency: Home Office Research Study No. 101

Graham, John J.

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“…Our figures suggest that approximately 25% of the sentenced youth custody population gambled regularly at the time of their offence and 3.5% were regular players of video games. These results accord with those of the Feltham study (Huff & Collinson, 1987) in finding gambling in offenders to be much more frequent than in the general population, where only 8% of young people report gambling on fruit machines once a week or more (Graham, 1988).…”

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“…The best example of such a survey is the report of the Home Office Research and Planning Unit (Graham, 1988), based on a random sample of 1946 children aged 10-16 years. The conclusion drawn was that video games and fruit machines are a common leisure activity (38% of the sample admitted playing at least once in the past month), but frequent use is unusual (only 8% of fruit machine players admit to playing weekly or more often), and daily use is rare (eight subjects, 2% of players and only 0.4% of the total sample).…”

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Gambling in young offenders

Maden

Swinton

Gunn

1992

Criminal Behav Ment Health

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A review of the literature on gambling and crime suggests that gambling and excessive gambling are more common in offenders than in the general population. A survey of 404 incarcerated young offenders identified 48 excessive gamblers (12%). They were shown to differ from non‐gamblers in that their criminality was more extensive, they were more likely to have been in care or in children’s homes and to have experienced psychiatric treatment. It is unlikely that excessive gambling caused these differences. It is more likely that excessive gambling, other behaviour disorders and recidivism share common origins. The implications for other studies of correlates of crime are discussed. There is a need for improved treatment facilities for young offenders with gambling problems.

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Section: Surveys Of the General Populationmentioning

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Gambling in young offenders

Maden

Swinton

Gunn

1992

Criminal Behav Ment Health

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“…The key explanatory factor apparent within such anecdotal reports was the individual spent too many hours each week playing video games, thus preventing proper attention to other life commitments. Whilst some researchers have labelled this kind of behaviour a psychological "dependency" (Graham 1988;Griffiths and Hunt 1998), the criteria for determining excessive involvement has been largely framed by time spent playing the machine.…”

Section: Measuring Excessive Gaming: Hours Spent Playingmentioning

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Preliminary Validation of a New Clinical Tool for Identifying Problem Video Game Playing

King

Delfabbro

Zajac

2009

Int J Ment Health Addiction

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Research has estimated that between 6 to 13% of individuals who play video games do so excessively. However, the methods and definitions used to identify "problem" video game players often vary considerably. This research presents preliminary validation data for a new measure of problematic video game play called the Problem Video Game Playing Test (PVGT). Two studies were conducted: an online survey of 373 university student video game players, and a paper-and-pencil survey of 416 video game players from video game outlets and LAN businesses. This paper presents the internal consistency, score distribution, convergent validity and dimensionality of the PVGT. The PVGT demonstrates potential as a continuous measure of problem video game playing. Future research should investigate the use of the PVGT as a clinical instrument for screening individuals whose video game playing may be considered excessive or personally detrimental.

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“…Le coeur de l'argument est qu'en accumulant des dettes, le joueur dépendant se tournera éventuellement vers des moyens criminels pour payer ces dernières. En devenant dépendants, les joueurs peuvent dépenser plus qu'ils ne possèdent et pourraient fi nir par essayer d'acquérir de l'argent illégalement pour fi nancer leur habitude (Graham, 1988 ;Wellford, 2001). Cette proposition pourrait tout à fait s'inscrire dans le modèle « économico-compulsif », généralement appliqué pour expliquer le lien entre la consommation de stupéfi ants et la délinquance.…”

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Le prix d’une passion : la carrière du joueur compulsif 1

Wegrzycka

2007

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Alors que les jeux de hasard et d’argent gagnent en accessibilité, de nombreuses études établissent un lien entre le jeu pathologique et la criminalité. La vie du joueur emprunterait un parcours précis vers la délinquance et s’inscrirait dans un cycle gambling-délinquance. Or, l’inscription des trajectoires délinquantes dans un cycle aussi statique nous paraît discutable. Dans cet article, nous soutenons que chaque individu est soumis à l’influence de facteurs pouvant modifier la carrière du joueur et sa propension à commettre des délits. À l’aide d’une vingtaine d’entrevues, nous avons retracé la trajectoire des joueurs en abordant des thèmes susceptibles d’apporter un éclairage sur les modalités d’apparition de la délinquance chez ces individus. En analysant leur vie en termes de carrière, nous observons l’apparition, l’évolution et, parfois même, l’arrêt du jeu et des activités délictuelles. Quant aux facteurs susceptibles de moduler l’apparition des comportements délinquants, nous examinons l’influence des proches en termes d’opportunités criminelles et de dissuasion, l’effet précipitant des tensions financières et familiales, l’effet dissuasif de la peur ou, au contraire, les prédispositions caractérielles ou comportementales des joueurs et, finalement, l’ingéniosité des joueurs à financer et prolonger leurs activités de jeu. Nous souhaitons ainsi mettre en perspective le cycle gambling-délinquance en étudiant les éléments constitutifs de la carrière des joueurs pathologiques qui ont pour effet de neutraliser, retarder ou accélérer le passage à l’agir délictuel.As gambling activities became more accessible, an increasing amount of research established a link between pathological gambling and crime. The observation that a gambler’s lifestyle carries him toward involvement in crime became so common that the idea of a gambling-crime cycle became a fixture in past research. This seemingly evident ‘fact’ is, however, not given. This article illustrates how individuals are confronted with a series of factors that may modify their gambling careers and their involvement in crime. Based on twenty interviews, the personal trajectories of gamblers are examined in view of various features, which may make them susceptible to criminal involvement. Gambling trajectories are analyzed as careers and particular focus is aimed at revealing the onset, evolution, and, at times, desistance phases for gambling and crime involvement. Factors influencing the overlap between gambling and crime involvement include the presence of family and close friends as both agents of deterrence and suppliers of criminal opportunities, the expected effects of financial and family stress, fear, or, on the contrary, the pre-dispositional behavior of gamblers and, finally, the competency of gamblers who are able to finance and extend their gambling activities over prolonged periods. These observations permit a re-assessment of the gambling-crime cycle by introducing the basic features of a variety of pathological gambling careers that could neutraliz...

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Amusement Machines: Dependency and Delinquency: Home Office Research Study No. 101

Cited by 6 publications

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Gambling in young offenders

Gambling in young offenders

Preliminary Validation of a New Clinical Tool for Identifying Problem Video Game Playing

Le prix d’une passion : la carrière du joueur compulsif 1

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