A Crisis of Innocence

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Australian Obscene Publications - April 28 1954.pdf
Continued discussion of the amendment to the Police Offences Bill. Particular focus is paid to the meaning of the word "obscene."

Features a series of brief clips showing children, and then adults, reading comics.

Wertham Ladies' Home Journal 1953.pdf
A magazine article written by Wertham. He argues that juvenile delinquency is becoming more prevalent and violent due to the popularity of comics with children.

Saturday Review The Case Against the Comics.pdf
Reprints John Mason Brown and Al Capp's opening statements from their "America's Town Meeting of the Air" radio session, in which they debate why comics are a problem.

NewRepublic.pdf
A mother investigates the reading habits of her eight year-old son.

Changing Times1954.pdf
Alerts parents to distasteful literature: comics, romance magazines, and war novels. The article notes the quality of children's literature and means to encourage parents to divert their children from reading comics.

True Comics #2, pg. 67.jpg
Advertisement directed at children for a volume of books in "The What-Every-Child-Should-Know Library."

Crime and Punishment #21, pg. 47.jpg
Published letters to the editor. Includes a letter from a Filipino reader.

Crime and Punishment #8, pg. 49.jpg
Published letters to the editor. Includes letters from a school principal and a fourteen-year-old.

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Cover and illustrations of a book featuring stylized portrayals of childhood innocence typical of the period.
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