"I've tried the switch but he laughs through the tears:" The use and conceptualization of corporal punishment during the Machine Age, 1924-1939

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1291-1310

  Davis, Phillip W ^a   Chandler, Jennifer L ^a   Larossa, Ralph ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporal punishment; Historical accounts

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD REARING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUNISHMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD ADVOCACY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORRESPONDENCE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PUNISHMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 10644270912     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2004.06.011     Document Type: Article

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