A Crisis of Innocence

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bottoms up_convertedfromdocx.pdf
A woman murders her alcoholic husband, stashes his body parts in bottles of whiskey, and returns them to a bootlegger. Comic referenced in the senate hearing on juvenile delinquency.

Green Hornet Fights Crime #38, pg. 5.jpg
Page from a Green Hornet comic depicting an arsonist. Mentioned in the Fulton Bill hearing.

Stick-in-the-Mud, pg. 8.jpg
A boy willingly leads his murderous stepmother to die in quicksand.

War on the Streets.jpg
Portrait of a juvenile delinquent. Locates the problem of juvenile delinquency in physical environment, poverty, and family life.

Jackie Law and the Boy Rangers, pg. 57.jpg
WWII era comic that directly links the actions of American soldiers with the exploits of a gang of kid vigilantes. This single frame image was extracted from page 57 of the comic.

horrible herman_converted.pdf
A deformed child develops an advanced intellect and psychic powers, and comes to view other humans as "animals."

I Killed Mary, pg. 5.jpg
A shy teenage boy kills a popular teen girl to make people notice him.

Invasion (Mister Mystery #3, pg. 12-16).pdf
A group of children work together to make way for a monster's invasion.

Strange Mysteries #8 (1952) - Page 1.pdf
A comic set in Medieval times, featuring a demon child.

Father of Murderers, pg. 26.jpg
A "true-crime story" about four generations of a murderous family in Revolution-era France
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