A Crisis of Innocence

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Galveston Daily News November 12 1950 crop.jpg
Looks at a number of prominent scholars, psychologists and politicians as they weigh in on the content of comic books influencing juvenile delinquency.

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Reader's forum page with letters from mothers. The mothers approve that their children read Crime Does Not Pay.

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Discuses comic censorship. Includes a statement from President Roosevelt insisting parents need to do all that they can in order to protect the innocence of children moving forward.

Our Children.pdf
Discusses the need to burn comics since they should not be in the hands of children.

Oakland Tribune November 12 1950 crop.jpg
Claims that it is not the fault of comic books that children are growing more and more delinquent, rather it is issues in the home that are causing juvenile delinquency.

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Deals with the fact that the only way to get rid of horror and crime comics is to work together to get them away from children.

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Features a scholarly source claiming that distinctions need to be made between good and bad comic books. While Richmond claims there is merit in the "good" ones, the bad ones are causing children to become violent.

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A "true-crime story" about four generations of a murderous family in Revolution-era France

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Looks at the way that comic book legislation in the United States was slower to act than in Canada.

Journal Of Pediatrics 1953.pdf
Bakwin takes a positive stance on the value of comic books, both in terms of their educational potential and their escapism.
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