A Crisis of Innocence

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Fight Against Horror Comics.pdf
A look at the way that other parts of the world were also trying to ban horror comics.

AmericanJournalOfPsychotherapy1948.pdf
Discusses a study in which eighty children answered six questions regarding comic books and their reading habits in order to determine its effects on their behavior.

Bender - The Psychology of Children's Reading and the Comics.pdf
An exploration of fantasy and childhood psychological development.

AmericanJournalOfPsychotherapy1948.pdf
Examines the ways in which comics influence child readers to behave violently. Blumberg contends that children absorb the crimes depicted and consequently attempt to mimic them.

Journal Of Abnormal Social Psychology 1957.pdf
Explores the possibility of passive learning through films. the authors consider to what extent films influence one's behaviour and self-identification.

Frank - What's in the Comics.pdf
Presents the results of examining hundreds of magazines and comic books in order to determine what is in comics that make them so popular with children.

Thrasher - The Comics and Delinquency.pdf
A rebuttal to Wertham's Seduction of the Innocent. Thrasher criticizes Wertham's methods, and and suggests that he is projecting social frustrations upon comics.

AmericanJournalOfPsychotherapy1948.pdf
A comprehensive outline of Dr. Fredric Wertham's work.

Security Through Book Burning.pdf
Discusses the anxiety that brings about book burnings. Bolte concludes that book burnings are not helpful, and prevent initiating conversation about complex topics.

AmericanJournalOfPsychotherapy1948.pdf
A symposium held by Fredric Wertham with contributions from numerous authors that goes to great lengths to condemn comic books.
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