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Corporal Punishment of Children in Theoretical Perspective

Michael Donnelly and Murray Straus

Abstract

Despite being commonplace in American households a generation ago, corporal punishment of children has been subjected to criticism and shifting attitudes in recent years. Many school districts have banned it, and many child advocates recommend that parents no longer spank or strike their children. This book taps into the expertise of social science scholars and researchers who address issues of corporal punishment, a subject that is now characterized as a key issue in child welfare. The chapters discuss corporal punishment, its use, causes, and consequences, drawing on a wide array of comparat ... More

Keywords: corporal punishment, school districts, child advocates, child welfare, sociological theories, analytical issues, interdisciplinary collaboration, American households, shifting attitudes, parents

Bibliographic Information

Print publication date: 2005 Print ISBN-13: 9780300085471
Published to Yale Scholarship Online: October 2013 DOI:10.12987/yale/9780300085471.001.0001

Authors

Affiliations are at time of print publication.

Michael Donnelly, editor

Murray Straus, editor

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Front Matter

Title Pages

Acknowledgments

Part I Current State of Theory

1 Theoretical Approaches to Corporal Punishment

Murray A. Straus and Michael Donnelly

2 Corporal Punishment in Ecological Perspective

James Garbarino

Part II Comparative Theories

3 Parent-Offspring Conflict and Corporal Punishment in Primates

Lynn A. Fairbanks and Michael T. Mcguire

4 Putting Corporal Punishment of Children in Historical Perspective

Michael Donnelly

5 Grid-Group Theory and Corporal Punishment

Jean Giles-Sims and Charles Lockhart

Part III Psychological Theories

6 The Origins of Physical Punishment

Patricia M. Crittenden

7 Behavioral Theory and Corporal Punishment

Scott W. Powers and Robert E. Larzelere

8 Behavior Analysis, Evolutionary Theory, and the Corporal Discipline of Children

William M. Baum and Anne S. Kupfer

9 Spare the Rod and Spoil the Child Lay Theories of Corporal Punishment

Adrian Furnham

10 Difficulties of Making Rational Choices Concerning Corporal Punishment of Children

Scott Feld

Part IV Sociological Theories

11 Unintended Consequences of Punishment

Joan Mccord

12 Moral Development and Corporal Punishment

John Martin Rich

13 Corporal Punishment of Children

Dominic A. Infante

14 Conflict Theory of Corporal Punishment

Randall Collins

15 Punishment of Children from the Perspective of Control Theory

Travis Hirschi and Michael R. Gottfredson

16 Punishment, Child Development, and Crime

Thomas J. Scheff

17 Exchange Theory

Richard J. Gelles

18 Corporal Punishment and the Stress Process

Heather Turner

19 Corporal Punishment and Black's Theory of Social Control

James Tucker and Susan Ross

20 The Structure of Family Rules about Hitting

Carlfred B. Broderick

End Matter

References

Contributors

Index