A Crisis of Innocence

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Discusses the popularity of the song "Yakety Yak" among teenagers, as it expresses their dissatisfaction with their parents and house life.

Some Facts About Juvenile Delinquency.pdf
A government sanctioned study and educational publication on juvenile delinquency. Notes an 17% increase in youth appearing before juvenile courts between 1948 and 1951.

Orsborn - Assessing Menace Values.pdf
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.

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.

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

Cohen - The Delinquents, Censorship and Youth Culture in Recent US History.pdf
A contemporary analysis of censorship and the fears of youth rebellion in the 1950s.

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.

States Act Againat Lewd Literature.pdf
Provides a quick summary of anti-comic laws enacted by various states in an attempt to curb the rise of juvenile delinquency.

Strang - Why Children Read the Comics.pdf
Students from all levels of education are interviewed to determine why they were interested in comics.

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Asserts that comic books are not actually linked to juvenile delinquency at all. Additionally discusses the reading habits of boys and girls, as well as young men.
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