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Comic Books Help Curb Delinquency: State School Adopts Idea to Allay Inmates' Fears -- Judge Backs Use
Discusses how the State Training School for Boys at Warwick N.Y decided to use comic books as a means of curbing delinquency. The comics utilized were written for the specific purpose of curbing youth violence.
The Comics and Their Appeal to the Youth of Today
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.
Anti-Comics Drive Reported Waning: 'Love' Type Found Replacing 'Crime' - Medium Gains as Educational Aid
Loeb makes the claim that the 'crime' genre of comic books is finally giving way to 'love' books instead.
Identification and Observational Learning From Films
Explores the possibility of passive learning through films. the authors consider to what extent films influence one's behaviour and self-identification.
Junior Has a Craving
A mother investigates the reading habits of her eight year-old son.
Comic Strips: How Well Can Our Pupils Read Them?
A study of the reading comprehension skills of high school students. Participants were asked to complete reading and vocabulary tests to determine how well they actually understood the text-based content of comics.
The Case Against Comics: A Review of The Seduction of the Innocent
Muhlen's review of The Seduction of the Innocent. He criticizes the effectiveness of Wertham's book as being a catalyst for change.
Assessing Menace Values: A 9th Grade Panel Considers Radio, TV, Comics
A 9th Grade panel discusses the merits and shortfalls of comic books. They list 10 points about comics, tv, and radio that could be helpful because they were conceived by young people.
Confidential File: Horror Comic Books!
A report by Paul Coates for "Confidential File" in 1955, regarding the relationship between juvenile delinquency
and comics, and formation of the Comics Code.
and comics, and formation of the Comics Code.
As a Child Redeath so Isn't He: Or, the Perils of Censorship
A high school teacher contests the idea that reading material influences a child's development.