A Crisis of Innocence

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

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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.

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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.

School News Digest - Taylor and Francis.pdf
Covers some small, education-related news items, and similar matters of interest. Comics receive considerable attention.

Kinneman - The Comics and Their Appeal to the Youth of Today.pdf
Kinneman discusses the results of a questionnaire she asked students to fill out. Some of the recorded student responses echo ideas held by anti-comic journalists and psychiatrists.

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Published letters to the editor. Includes letters from a high school student and a junior police officer.

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Published letters to the editor. Includes letters from a teacher and members of comic clubs.

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Published letters to the editor with short responses. Includes a letter from someone serving time in a juvenile correctional facility.
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