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Author Gershoff, Elizabeth T., author.

Title Corporal punishment in U.S. public schools : legal precedents, current practices, and future policy / Elizabeth T. Gershoff, Kelly M. Purtell, Igor Holas.

Publication Info. Cham : Springer, [2015]
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Description 1 online resource : map.
Series SpringerBriefs in Psychology. Advances in child and family policy and practice
SpringerBriefs in psychology. Advances in child and family policy and practice.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed January 30, 2015).
Contents Introduction -- Prevalence of and Attitudes About School Corporal Punishment in the U.S -- Gender, Race, and Disability Disparities in Who is Subject to School Corporal Punishment -- School Corporal Punishment Effects on Children -- Policy Analysis: School Corporal Punishment Bans and Juvenile Crime -- The Legal Basis for School Corporal Punishment -- Legal and Public Policy Strategies to Reduce or Ban School Corporal Punishment -- Education and Advocacy Approaches to Reduce School Corporal Punishment -- Conclusion.
Summary 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, ℗ℓCorporal Punishment in U.S. Public Schools begins by summarizing the legal basis for school corporal punishment and trends in Americanśℓℓ 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 parentśℓℓ 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 crime. It concludes by discussing potential legal, policy, and advocacy avenues for abolition of school corporal punishment at the state and federal levels as well as summarizing how school corporal punishment is being used and what its potential implications are for thousands of individual students and for the society at large. As school corporal punishment becomes more and more regulated at the state level, Corporal Punishment in U.S. Public Schools serves an essential guide for policymakers and advocates across the country as well as for researchers, scientist-practitioners, and graduate students.
Subject School discipline -- United States.
Corporal punishment -- United States.
School discipline -- Law and legislation -- United States.
Corporal punishment -- Law and legislation -- United States.
EDUCATION / Administration / General
EDUCATION / Organizations & Institutions
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Corporal punishment. (OCoLC)fst00879608
Corporal punishment -- Law and legislation. (OCoLC)fst00879610
School discipline. (OCoLC)fst01107289
School discipline -- Law and legislation. (OCoLC)fst01107292
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Added Author Purtell, Kelly M., author.
Holas, Igor, author.
Added Title Corporal punishment in United States public schools
Other Form: Printed edition: 9783319148175
ISBN 9783319148182 electronic bk.
3319148184 electronic bk.
Standard No. 10.1007/978-3-319-14818-2 doi
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