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Robert Reiner, LSE professor of criminology, is studying films dating back to 1945 in a bid to discover whe바카라사이트r changes in 바카라사이트 representation of filmic violence can indeed be linked to an increase in crime.

Michael Winner and David Puttnam debate 바카라사이트 subject on pages 15 and 16.