Corporal punishment of children: discipline or abuse?

Corporal Punishment of Children in Theoretical Perspective

Corporal punishment of children: changing the culture.

The Ban on Corporal Punishment of Children

The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has criticised Australia (and many other countries) in State Reports released in 1997, 2005 and, most recently, 2011, for not introducing a ban on corporal punishment by parents of their children in line with Article 19 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (‘CROC’). In light of this criticism, and the clear recommendation to ban parental co...

Attitudes towards corporal punishment and reporting of abuse.

OBJECTIVES To assess physicians' attitudes towards corporal punishment in childhood and their subsequent actions regarding the reporting of child abuse. PARTICIPANTS 107 physicians (95 pediatricians and 12 family practitioners) who work in hospitals and community clinics in northern Israel were interviewed. Of the participants, 16% were new immigrants. PROCEDURE A structured interview was c...

Corporal Punishment

juvenile offenders who prior to 1948 might have been liable to corporal punishment, and would be so again were it re-introduced. Members of the working party are in a position to study these young people and have experience of helping children who show disturbed behaviour which may or may not result in committing offences, as also of the effect on them of different forms of punishment and treat...