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Corporal Punishment in U.S. Public Schools: Legal Precedents, Current Practices, and Future Policy (Advances in Child and Family Policy and Practice) by Elizabeth T. Gershoff, Kelly M. Purtell, Igor Holas (auth.) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
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This Brief reviews the past, present, and future use of school corporal punishment in the United States, a practice that remains legal in 19 states as it is constitutionally permitted according to the U.S. Supreme Court. As a result of school corporal punishment, nearly 200,000 children are paddled in schools each year. Most Americans are unaware of this fact or the physical injuries sustained by countless school children who are hit with objects by school personnel in the name of discipline. Therefore, __Corporal Punishment in U.S. Public Schools__ begins by summarizing the legal basis for school corporal punishment and trends in Americans’ attitudes about it. It then presents trends in the use of school corporal punishment in the United States over time to establish its past and current prevalence. It then discusses what is known about the effects of school corporal punishment on children, though with so little research on this topic, much of the relevant literature is focused on parents’ use of corporal punishment with their children. It also provides results from a policy analysis that examines the effect of state-level school corporal punishment bans on trends in juvenile crim
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- Author
- Elizabeth T. Gershoff, Kelly M. Purtell, Igor Holas (auth.)
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing : Imprint Springer, Springer International Publishing, Imprint Springer
- Published
- 2015
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9783319148175
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Science, Education, Psychology
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