Didn't See That Coming...

So apparently video games are actually decreasing violence in the United States.

Fact is, anyone who is actually familiar with video games and has been watching crime rates over the last decade or so already noticed the correlation.  Obviously that is not cause to assume causation, but it certainly seemed interesting, especially in the face of claims that video games were responsible for the rise in youth crime.  The rise that, based on even a simple glance at the figures over the last 20 years, has never existed during the life of this medium.

So I say it's about time someone figured it out by doing a legitimate study.  I especially love that it's not actually a study on video games, it's a study on the crime rate decrease; it has nothing to prove regarding video games, it just caught on.  Just an exciting bit of information; the decreasing crime rate has always been an argument against video games causing violence, but now it's actually a real argument for societal value, not just lack of damage.