A Crisis of Innocence

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Looks at the Fulton bill, and the way that the House of Commons appeared to be backing the bill to put tougher restrictions on the sale and publication of crime comics.

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Following the approval of a ban on crime comics in Canada, this article looks at the way the ban has been received by different provinces.

Buffalo Center Tribune May 19 1955 crop.jpg
Written by a highschool senior, this editorial looks at the way that new technologies negatively influence children.

Britain Plans Law to Curb Horror Comics crop.pdf
Outlines the British bill to ban the sale of horror comics to children. Claims that children are highly impressionable, and that in reading comic books children can be corrupted.

The Case of the Giggling Killer, pg. 28.tiff
Crime comic that features a young psychopathic killer.

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Outlines the fact that eight provinces backed a proposal made by Canadian Justice Minister Garson, which made it a criminal offence to produce or distribute crime comics.

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.
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