"SOCIAL ACCIDENTS."
AND THE MOVING PICTURES. EFFECT ON THE CHILD MIND. "Picture shows arc just like motor cars used to be,’’ declared the Rev. F. B. Jeffreys (First Offenders’ Probation Officer), when interviewed by an Auckland "Star" reporter on the statement made at the Supreme Court, alleging a connection between picture shows and juvenile crime. "You remember,’’ he explained, "how many accidents there were when motor cars first came into general use, until the authorities took a hand and regulated their use till now they usefully -serve and entertain the community. I am quite satisfied that picture shows have come to stay, and that the possibilities of their good service to the community are very great, but in the meantime they are causing social accidents and must be regulated." Mr Jeffreys went on to explain that his experience among lirst offenders in the city had made it'quite plain to him that there was a distinct connection between certain aspects of the picture show and 'the commission of some classes of offences by children. There was, he an imperative need for the regulation of picture shows in their relation to the home life of the people. X
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Manawatu Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 14199, 26 August 1919, Page 5
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