s: Arch-Diocesan President,
Catholic Women's League_.

Rev. JOHN SPENSER SOMERVILLE, M.C., M.A., _Chairman of the Inter-Church
Council on Public Affairs_.

Mr FRANCIS NIGEL STACE, B.E.(Elec.-Mech.), B.E.(Mech), _President, N.Z.
Junior Chamber of Commerce_.

SECRETARY

LEN JOSEPH GREENBERG, O.B.E., J.P.

_Contents_ _Page_

I. Preliminary Observations--
(1) Sensational Press Reports 7
(2) Press Reports from Overseas 8
(3) A World-wide Problem 9

II. Order of Reference and Procedure followed 10

III. Narrative--
(1) The Hutt Valley Cases 11
(2) Cases in Other Districts 13

IV. Has Juvenile Immorality Increased?--
(1) Difficulties of Comparison in Absence of Statistics 13
(2) Unreliability of Available Statistics for Comparative 14
Purposes

V. A Change of Pattern in Sexual Misbehaviour--
(1) Younger Groups Now Affected 18
(2) Precocity of Girls 18
(3) Organization of Immorality 19
(4) Recidivism 19
(5) Changed Mental Attitudes of Girls and Boys 19
(6) Homosexuality 20

VI. Searching for the Cause 20

VII. Some Visual and Auditory Influences--
(1) Objectionable Publications 21
(2) Films 23
(3) Broadcasting 25
(4) Press Advertising 26
(5) Television 26

VIII. The School--
(1) Teacher and the Child 27
(2) Co-education 28
(3) School Leaving Age 29
(4) Relations with the Child Welfare Division 30
(5) Sex Instruction in School 30
(6) "New Education" 31

IX. Community Influences--
(1) Housing Development 31