Corporal Punishment Annotated Bibliography

Annotated Bibliography duRivage, Natalie, et al. “Parental Use of Corporal Punishment in Europe: Intersection between
Public Health and Policy.” PLOS ONE, 2015.
In their article, the authors present possible linkages between mental health and corporal punishment. Focusing on a European base, the author addresses the question of banning corporal punishment. Through the use of statistics and other relevant sources, the authors touch on the measures of corporal punishment from a legal, parental, and mental health standpoint. They give a list of factors that contribute the differences in effects from child to child.

Through their work with Columbia University, all of the authors of this article are credible. From a broad range of backgrounds,

Acknowledging that there are benefits and potential hazards, the author seeks to find which side supersedes the others in terms of effects on the child. She gives the opinions and general consensus of most psychologists and related professionals on these issues. The article is broken up into concise sections that address behavioral factors and disciplinary practices including but not limited to aggression, abuse, and parental goals behind using corporal punishment. She furthers her analysis with case studies and a conclusion for a continuation of

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The authors of this manuscript explain the current state and federal policies pertaining to corporal punishment in the United States. They address the Ingraham decision of 1977 and go further into how it affects state policy. The authors state some common causes for why corporal punishment is administered and give statistics related to methods, tools, and the standard pupil disciplined.

Elizabeth Thompson Gershoff is a Professor of Human Development and Family Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin. The concentration of her research is in the connections between development and discipline in children. She is widely known for her research in corporal punishment and is recognized as an expert on this topic which makes a helpful, relevant, and, above all, credible source. Sarah A. Font is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Pennsylvania State University. She is credible due to her research focus in child maltreatment and child protection. They bring different things to the table, but aid my research mainly in providing statistics about general corporal punishment practices.