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A Force for Good in the Community!
Reader's forum page with a running theme that Crime and Punishment has been a positive educational force in the life of children.
Saved From a Life of Crime! - Crime and Punishment #5
Reader's forum page wherein the editors highlight the wide distribution of their comic and suggest it may have had some impact in the decrease in juvenile crime.
If I Knew Then What I Know Now - Crime and Punishment #1
Reader's forum page with a running theme of criminals revealing that reading Crime Does Not Pay showed them the error of their ways.
War on the Streets - Crime and Punishment #66
Portrait of a juvenile delinquent. Locates the problem of juvenile delinquency in physical environment, poverty, and family life.
Cover - Mister Mystery #18
Comic cover depicting a head hunter and a number of severed heads. Referenced in the senate hearing on juvenile delinquency.
Cover - Mister Mystery #13
Comic cover depicting someone dunking a head into a vat of acid. Referenced in the senate hearing on juvenile delinquency.
Hangman's Holiday - Horrific #1
A young boy named George grows up to be a hangman. He eventually dies by getting tangled in a rope like his victims.
Juvenile Delinquency (California): Hearing Before the Subcomitee to Investigate Juvenile Delinquency of the Judiciary United States Senate
Similar to the 1943 government article "Understanding Juvenile Delinquency," this document shows the shift that took place between 1943-1954. There is a huge portion of this document dedicated to the effects of horror comics on children. Moreover,…
WHIP, KNIFE SHOWN AS 'COMICS' LURES: Books No Better Under Code, Psychiatrist Tells State Investigating Committee
Recalls a court case in which Dr. Fredric Wertham explains how he was able to purchase a whip from a comic book. He claims that teen-aged murderers were directly influenced by comic books.
War Declared on Lewd Books
Discusses the war on lewd comics that was taking place in the 1950's, in which people found producing or selling "lewd" comic books could be prosecuted.