A Crisis of Innocence

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SeductionOfTheInnocent.jpg
U.K. dust jacket of Dr. Frederic Wertham's highly influential study linking juvenile delinquency and comic book reading.

homer-price.jpg
Illustration from one of the Homer Price books, which depicts a group of boys in a malt shop/convenience store, looking at comic books.

Interim Report of Committee on Judiciary.pdf
Deals with the findings of the Subcommittee To Investigate Juvenile Delinquency's exploration into the impact of mass media on youth and their behaviour.

Senate Subcommittee Hearings title page 1954.pdf
Transcripts of the Senate Subcommittee Hearings on Juvenile delinquency, held between April 22 and June 4, 1954.

1955-children-harmful-publications-act.pdf
Outlines the British Act meant to prevent the distribution and sale of offensive material to young people.

Criminal Code 2014 Part V 163-172.pdf
Sections 163-172 of the Criminal Code of Canada, which covers the creation, publication, and distribution of crime comics, as well as materials which may present sexual or violent subjects to children.

Oct 7th, 1949 - House of Commons.pdf
Continued discussion of amending the Criminal Code to address violence depicted in comic books and magazines, and their potential to induce violence.

June 3rd, 1948 - House of Commons - Fulton asks for revision of Juvenile Delinquents Act.pdf
Fulton asks for revision of Juvenile Delinquents Act.

Australian Obscene Publications - April 14 1954.pdf
Discussions of morality and distribution. Comic books and other obscene periodicals are consistently viewed as serious threats to the morals of young people.
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