Based on his studies of over 9,000 families, Murray A Straus, the
foremost researcher on family violence in the world, discusses the
extent to which parents in the United States use corporal
punishment (such as spanking and slapping) and its effects on their
children. The question of whether corporal punishment is an
effective method of discipline is hotly debated. Straus contends
that this believed-to-be-"minor" form of physical violence is
precursor to much violence that plagues our world.
Children who are spanked quickly learn that love and violence
can go hand in hand. Since spanking is generally done by loving,
caring parents -- for the child's own good -- a child can learn
that hitting is "morally right". Straus describes what he has
learned through two decades of research: children who are spanked
are from two to six times more likely to be physically aggressive,
to become juvenile delinquents, and later, as adults, to use
physical violence against their spouses, to have sadomasochistic
tendencies, and to suffer from depression. Straus alerts parents to
these risks, and argues that spanking adversely affects not only
the children who are subjected to it but society as a whole.
This groundbreaking book, now available in paperback with a
substantive new introduction and new concluding chapter, is
essential reading for parents as well as teachers, lawyers, and
judges. Professionals in fields such as social work, child
protection, delinquency and criminology, psychology, and politics
will find it of critical importance.
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