Children should never, ever, be spanked no matter what the circumstances

Current Controversies on Family Violence

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 137-158

  Straus, Murray A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4135/9781483328584.n9     Document Type: Chapter

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