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NameReport of the Special Committee on Moral Delinquency in Children and Adolescents
ProductionRoy Owen; printing firm; 1954; New Zealand
Classificationofficial reports, pamphlets
Materialspaper, ink, metal
DimensionsOverall: 152mm (width), 225mm (height), 3mm (depth)
Registration NumberGH024782
Credit lineGift of Dame Margaret Sparrow in memory of Betty Weeber, 2016
Overview
This 'Report of the Special Committee on Moral Delinquency in Children and Adolescents' was a governmental attempt to stem the rise of gangs, and what was considered to be undesirable teenage behaviour, in New Zealand. The report was sparked by a teenage sex scandal in Lower Hutt, Wellington, in the early 1950s.
It was known as the 'Mazengarb report' after Dr Oswald Mazengarb who chaired the committee, and was sent to every New Zealand home receiving the family benefit in November 1954.