Industry leaders, who sincerely had believed there had been progress, had hoped the study would document it. As in the case of the tobacco industry, some victims are turning to the judicial branch for relief. Several cases are pending in which expect witnesses for victims are showing the link between television and criminal behavior. Meanwhile, concerned physicians such as Centerwall would like to see voluntary rejections of violent television, just as consumers have begun to reject smoking. We should be as careful about controlling our children s TV viewing as we are about their seat belts, bicycle helmets, vaccines and nutrition, he argues.
Most people are aware that there is some connection.