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The primordial violence : spanking children, psychological development, violence, and crime
Title
The primordial violence : spanking children, psychological development, violence, and crime / Murray A. Straus, University of New Hamshire, Emily M. Douglas, Bridgewater State University, Rose Anne Medeiros, Rice University.
ISBN
9781848729520 (hardback : alk. paper)
1848729529 (hardback : alk. paper)
9781848729537 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1848729537 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Edition
First Edition.
Publication
New York : Routledge, 2014.
Physical Description
xxix, 425 pages ; 23 cm
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 17, 2014
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents
Prevalence and social causes of spanking
The social and scientific context of research on spanking
Corporal punishment in the United States
Spanking in world perspective
There was an old woman who lived in a shoe
Approval of violence and spanking children
Spanking and child behavior problems
Chapter 6:the boomerang effect of spanking
Impulsive spanking, never spanking and child well-being
The child-to-mother bond and delinquency
Spanking and risky sex
Spanking and human capital
Mental ability
College graduation
Spanking and crime
What explains the link between spanking and assaulting a partner?
Assault and injury of dating partners by university students in 32 nations
Cultural context & the relation of spanking to crime
Spanking high risk children and adult crime
Sexual coercion and sexual assault
Social trends in spanking
The decline in approval of spanking
Why everyone spanks toddlers and what to do about it
Implications for crime and violence in society
Obstacles to accepting the evidence
A world without spanking
References
Appendix.
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