Exploring the Communicative Nature of Corporal Punishment (original) (raw)

A Comparative Analysis of the Corporal Punishment of Children

2015

Using a comparative perspective, this paper explores two approaches to child - adult relationships and the practice of corporal punishment: a human rights perspective and a traditional perspective reflected in U.S. law. Source material for our analysis draws on statutes, court decisions, and human rights conventions relating to the status of children and corporal punishment. Legislation and case law reflecting each perspective are presented and analyzed. Discussions of the nature of and reasons for differences include: the absence of human rights principles as a touchstone for U.S. law, the avoidance of linking corporal punishment and violence in the law, and the persistence of a colonial model of child - adult relationships structured around adult dominance and control of children. In contrast, a human rights model has at its core the human dignity of the child. This approach extends human rights to children and discourages corporal punishment and oppressive relationship between adults and children. Finally, this paper discusses the value of bringing a human rights approach to our understanding of child -adult relationships and the use of corporal punishment against children.

Corporal punishment: key issues

2014

Summary: Corporal punishment is a contentious and much debated issue within the community. This resource provides a brief overview of research literature on the use of corporal punishment towards children and the legal landscape regarding corporal punishment as a means of disciplining children in Australia. We examine the distinction between corporal punishment and physical abuse, and the relationship between corporal punishment and discipline. Arguments for and against changes to the law in this area are also discussed.

Perspectives on the effects of corporal punishment: Comment on Gershoff (2002)

Psychological Bulletin, 2002

Parental use of corporal punishment has been a contentious child-rearing topic for thousands of years. E. T. meta-analyses undoubtedly will rekindle the debate over whether parents should spank their children. The quality of the existing data is discussed as well as several surprising findings from the meta-analyses. The effects of corporal punishment are then considered from the perspectives of learning theory, socialization theory, and the child's point of view. Her ecological-process model is then evaluated in light of these perspectives. Research directions and social policy implications are addressed.

Corporal punishment at school and in the family: a long process for its complete elimination

2020

Right from the start in this single-subject dossier dedicated to the issue of corporal punishment, we claim a more “activist” approach, if we may say so, of this study. It is certainly not anything new, but it is worth explaining this approach to the research that characterises, in a particular and in-depth way, pedagogical studies that are often intertwined with ethical questions and have become involved with critical social issues and the educational needs expressed by individuals and communities. Pure research, intellectual commitment on a more theoretical (and historical) level, even in the distant past, has frequently gone hand in hand with the desire to improve the conditions of education and make a contribution to change. Let’s think, for example, of the «pedagogy of the oppressed» of Paulo Freire ([1974], 2002; [1968], 2018, passim), of the critical pedagogy of Henry Giroux (2011), of the intellectual struggle against the «black pedagogy» of Katharina Rutschky and Alice Mill...

Commentary: Changing the Social Norm about Corporal Punishment

Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 2018

Evidence for the detrimental effects of corporal punishment (CP) on children has been borne out by more than 50 years of empirical research. However, in the United States, many parents continue to use and have favorable attitudes toward CP, reflecting an entrenched social norm. This commentary provides a review of the findings from two studies on how parents' perceptions of CP are influenced by social norms (Fleckman, Taylor, Theall, & Andrinopoulous, Child Adol Soc Work J.

Corporal punishment in the USA and in Japan: schools and homes

OxIPO, 2022

Alapvetően, az mondhatjuk, hogy a testi fenyítés nem legális az iskolában. Legalábbis az elmúlt 50 egynéhány évet tekintve, amikor egy egyre növekvő konszenzus uralta a témát, minek eredményeképpen a testi fenyítés hanyatlását láthattuk, főként azon kutatási eredményeknek köszönhetően, melyek szerint az ütlegelés vagy verés több kárt tesz, mint jót a diákok mentális egészségében. Ezen eredmények mellett azt is kijelenthetjük, hogy legtöbb szülő a gyermekekkel szembeni erőszak egyik formájának tekinti. Habár vannak még kultúrák, ahol a testi fenyítésnek kulturális gyökerei vannak.

Corporal Punishment: Current Rates from a National Survey

Journal of Child and Family Studies

Objectives To assess the prevalence of corporal punishment usage in the US population. Methods This study was based on a 2014 cross-sectional, telephone survey of a nationally representative sample of US households with children. Reports about spanking of 0-9 year olds were obtained from parents, while reports about 10-17 year olds were obtained from the youth themselves. Results The survey suggested that a majority of children in the US were not subject to corporal punishment in 2014. The rate was 49% in the past year for children ages 0-9, 23% for youth 10-17 and 37% overall. Rates of spanking were lower for girls compared to boys, Northeasterners compared to Southerners, and whites compared to blacks. They were also lower among those with a graduate education, and families with fewer than 3 children. The proportion of children subject to corporal punishment had declined by 2014 compared to other national surveys conducted in 1975 and 1985. This is in line with other studies showing declines of 26-40% in the spanking of kindergarden age children from 1988 to 2011. Conclusion The trends suggest a continuing reduction of spanking in the population. Because of growing research and advocacy about this practice both nationally and internationally, it may be that awareness is having some impact and it will continue to decline.