The United Nations has identified gender‐based violence against women as a global health
and development issue, and a host of policies, public education, and action programs aimed …

Research on violent television and films, video games, and music reveals unequivocal
evidence that media violence increases the likelihood of aggressive and violent behavior in …

My thanks also to the members of the Psychology Department at University of California at
Los Angeles for providing me with office space and privileges during my sabbatical leave in …

Music is so ubiquitous that it can be easy to overlook the powerful influence it exerts in so
many areas of our lives-from birth, through childhood, to old age. The Social and Applied …

Five experiments examined effects of songs with violent lyrics on aggressive thoughts and
hostile feelings. Experiments 1, 3, 4 and 5 demonstrated that college students who heard a …

Rap music has a reputation for being misogynistic, but surprisingly little research has
systematically investigated this dimension of the music. This study assesses the portrayal of …

Rap music emerged as an aesthetic cultural expression of the urban youth in the late 1970s.
It has been denoted as the poetry of the youth who are often disregarded as a result of their …

Illustrated with numerous case studies–many drawn from the author's work as a forensic
psychologist–this book identifies 19 myths and misconceptions about youth violence, from …

Three studies examined the impact of sexual-aggressive song lyrics on aggressive thoughts,
emotions, and behavior toward the same and the opposite sex. In Study 1, the authors …

Despite concerns about high rates of teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease in
the United States, the mass media adolescents attend to most frequently include little …