Physical Punishment in Childhood: The Rights of the ChildISBN: 978-0-470-68256-2
Hardcover
288 pages
February 2010
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Acknowledgements.
1 Introduction.
2 Childhood and physical punishment in historical perspective.
3 Legal responses to physical punishment.
4 Conducting sensitive and ethical research with children and adults.
5 Experiences of physical punishment at home, at school and in public places.
6 Public and professional perceptions of the effectiveness of physical punishment.
7 The subjugation of children through language and physical punishment.
8 The effects of physical punishment.
9 The persistence of physical punishment.
10 The morality of physical punishment.
11 An ideal childhood.
References.
Index.