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| Authors: | Glen W. Davidson Arnold Arluke Jack Levin |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Sociology , Northeastern University |
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| Abstract: | Abstract Earlier this year, a 14-year-old boy from Canton, Massachusetts was convicted for beating to death a fellow student. One defense psychiatrist at the trial, Dr. Bernard Yudowitz, argued that the documentary film Faces of Death had inspired Rod Matthews to commit this murder by swinging a wooden Louisville Slugger at Shaun Quillette at least three times. After watching the film, Matthews said the “he needed to see what it was like to kill someone,” commented Yudowitz. |
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