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Psychology, Health & Medicine Volume 22, 2017 - Issue sup1: Know Violence in Childhood Global Learning Initiative: Dedicated to the memory of Peter Bell
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School corporal punishment in global perspective: prevalence, outcomes, and efforts at intervention

Elizabeth T. GershoffHuman Development and Family Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USACorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 224-239 | Received 21 Sep 2016, Accepted 23 Oct 2016, Published online: 09 Jan 2017
 
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Abstract

School corporal punishment continues to be a legal means of disciplining children in a third of the world’s countries. Although much is known about parents’ use of corporal punishment, there is less research about school corporal punishment. This article summarizes what is known about the legality and prevalence of school corporal punishment, about the outcomes linked to it, and about interventions to reduce and eliminate school corporal punishment around the world.

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