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Encourage Good Reading Habits Best Way of Abolishing Comics Panel Discussion Decides Here: Sponsored by Women's Council
Looks to schools and parents as being the ones that must take control of a child's reading habits, so as to instill in them a want to read books over comics.
Some Facts About Juvenile Delinquency
A government sanctioned study and educational publication on juvenile delinquency. Notes an 17% increase in youth appearing before juvenile courts between 1948 and 1951.
Cover - Crime Smashers #8
Comic cover depicting a police officer shooting a thief.
Cover - Crime Does Not Pay #131
Comic cover portraying two female criminals about to run over a policeman.
Sharing Between the Shears
Utilizes statistics to argue that children are becoming more violent. Saunders claims that: when a parent hands their child a crime comic, they are allowing them to do as they see in the story.
Cover - Lawbreakers #6
Comic cover depicting a man shooting a prison guard and helping a prisoner escape.
Cover - Crime and Justice #19
Comic cover featuring a multi-panel story of four murders.
Cover - Crime and Punishment #70
Comic cover featuring men robbing an armoured car.
Cover - Shocking Mystery Cases #56
Comic cover featuring a man with a gun being chased by a policeman, appearing to break through the page.
Cover - Startling Terror Tales #11
Comic cover featuring a man with a gun in the foreground, with multiple policemen in the background.