Violence against children: Thresholds of acceptance for physical punishment in a normative study of parents, children and discipline

The Meanings of Violence

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 49-68

  Hazel, Neal ^a   Ghate, Deborah ^b   Creighton, Susan ^c   Field, Julia ^d   Finch, Steven ^e  

^a Policy Research Bureau   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL CENTRE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^e National Centre for Social Research's Quantitative Research Department   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203986479-9     Document Type: Chapter

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