Kaius
April 13th, 2010, 10:40 AM
Primary schools are using the notorious Grand Theft Auto video game to teach pupils about violence.
Children as young as nine are being shown excerpts from the 18-rated series in which players can beat prostitutes with baseball bats.
The sessions are supposed to help youngsters understand the consequences of gun and knife crime.
Critics of the scheme say the graphic content of the game makes it too dangerous to show to young children.
Eight primary schools in Liverpool are taking part in the Get Real education project with backing from the police, the city council and Merseyside's Support After Murder and Manslaughter group.
Organisers, who have been given £15,000 by the Home Office, want the project to go nationwide to help reduce violent crime.
Under the scheme, police officers and bereaved mothers from SAMM visit the primary schools to discuss differences between fictional and real-life violence.
They show year five and year six pupils still images from Grand Theft Auto, Bugs Bunny and the Itchy And Scratchy Show - the violent satirical cartoon from The Simpsons.
More Here (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1264877/The-pupils-aged-given-lessons-18-rated-Grand-Theft-Auto.html?ITO=1490)
Children as young as nine are being shown excerpts from the 18-rated series in which players can beat prostitutes with baseball bats.
The sessions are supposed to help youngsters understand the consequences of gun and knife crime.
Critics of the scheme say the graphic content of the game makes it too dangerous to show to young children.
Eight primary schools in Liverpool are taking part in the Get Real education project with backing from the police, the city council and Merseyside's Support After Murder and Manslaughter group.
Organisers, who have been given £15,000 by the Home Office, want the project to go nationwide to help reduce violent crime.
Under the scheme, police officers and bereaved mothers from SAMM visit the primary schools to discuss differences between fictional and real-life violence.
They show year five and year six pupils still images from Grand Theft Auto, Bugs Bunny and the Itchy And Scratchy Show - the violent satirical cartoon from The Simpsons.
More Here (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1264877/The-pupils-aged-given-lessons-18-rated-Grand-Theft-Auto.html?ITO=1490)