Case analysis of the effects of digital violence on children in Turkish Penal Law perspective
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Digital Game, Computer Game, Game Addiction, Juvenile Pushed to Crime, Turkis Penal LawAbstract
Today's technological developments make children vulnerable to the threats of the virtual world. In recent years, it is noteworthy that there have been reports in the media that violent digital games have led children to crime. For this reason, the study aims to examine the cases that have occurred in the last year by addressing the issue of digital games dragging children to crime and suicide. In the study, first of all, keywords were determined by literature review. Accordingly, the word groups "digital game", "computer game", "game addiction" and "juvenile pushed to crime " were determined. With the determined keywords, "Google News" was filtered through the search engine between 01.05.2023 – 01.05.2024 and the news was scanned. A total of 368 news reports were examined and 3 cases were identified. The first case was when a 12-year-old boy committed the crime of intentional knife killing of another 13-year-old boy as a result of a task given from a computer game. The second case involved a 12-year-old boy committing suicide with a firearm on the grounds that he was not allowed by his family to play a violent video game called ‘PUBG’. The third case is a 14-year-old boy who committed suicide with a firearm after playing a game called ‘Blue Whale’. The analysis of the cases were transferred to a table. According to the data of the TURKSTAT in 2021, 54.3% of children in the 6-15 age group who stated that they play digital games regularly stated that they play war games. In the literature, there are almost no legal studies on digital games leading children to suicide and crime. Although there is no official data, findings from literature and news reports suggest that possible associations between violent digital games and children's violent behavior towards themselves and their peers should be investigated.
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