Graphic Images of Violence Alter Children's Attitudes Toward Aggression

A Johns Hopkins team that included a trauma surgeon renowned for his treatment of gunshot victims has found that exposing at-risk children and teenagers to grisly videos and photos of these patients' wounds can significantly change the youths' beliefs about the value and consequences of aggression.

The study, by researchers with the Johns Hopkins Injury Prevention and Community Outreach Collaborative (HIPCOC), was presented recently at the annual meeting of the Society of Black Academic Surgeons in Washington. HIPCOC is chaired by Edward E. Cornwell III, M.D., trauma chief at The Johns Hopkins Hospital.

Johns Hopkins Medicine