Corporal Punishment Links

Scientific Sources (Journal articles, speeches, etc.)

http://www.unh.edu/frl/cp24art.htm

Spanking by Parents and Subsequent Antisocial Behavior of Children

Murray A. Straus, PhD; David B. Sugarman, PhD; Jean Giles-Sims, PhD

Objective: To deal with the causal relationship between corporal punishment and antisocial behavior (ASB) by considering the level of ASB of the child at the start of the study.

http://www.nospank.net/welsh3.htm

Severe Parental Punishment and Aggression: The Link between Corporal Punishment and Delinquency

Ralph S. Welsh, Ph.D.

Welsh's theory on juevenile delinquency

http://www.apa.org/journals/bul/press_releases/july_2002/bul1284580.pdf

Ordinary Physical Punishment: Is It Harmful? Comment on Gershoff (2002)

Diana Baumrind, Robert E. Larzelere, and Philip A Cowan

A thorough comment on the validity of Gershoff's (2002) meta-analysis.

http://ihd.berkeley.edu/baumrindls.htm

When are Causal Inferences Justified in the Debate about Physical Discipline “Effects”?

Diana Baumrind

A discussion on the use and validity of longitudinal studies (similar to those used in CP research)

http://people.biola.edu/faculty/paulp/Larzelere602.html

A Critique of Dr. Liz Gershoff’s Review of Corporal Punishment

Robert E. Larzelere

A short commentary on Gershoff's (2002) meta-analysis

Anti-Corporal Punishment Sites

http://www.nospank.net/

Homepage of Project No Spank, contains strongly anti-CP sentiments

http://web.uvic.ca/~vgonzale/335-Summer/lectures/12_Punishment_&_Discipline.PDF

Statistics and conclusions on corporal punishment with an anti-CP flavor

http://www.childadvocate.org/#

Focused on all kinds of human rights related to children, including CP (under Child Human Rights Topics)

http://www.endcorporalpunishment.org/

The Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children

Sweden

http://www.epochnz.org.nz/newsletter/6/sweden.shtml

Evaluating the success of Sweden's corporal punishment ban

http://www.nospank.net/durrant.htm

The Swedish Ban on Corporal Punishment: Its History and Effects
Joan E. Durrant, Ph.D.

http://www.bo.se/adfinity.aspx?pageid=90

The Swedish Corporal Punishment Ban

Effective Discipline Information

http://parenthood.library.wisc.edu/Larzelere/Larzelere.html

Combining Love and Limits in Authoritative Parenting: A Conditional Sequence Model of Disciplinary Responses

Robert E. Larzelere

Good resource for parents looking for the best way to fit CP into their disciplinary methods so as not to harm their children

http://www.stophitting.com/

The Center for Effective Discipline

Offers alternative discipline options other than CP

http://www.positivediscipline.com/

Positive Discipline

Has many resources for both parents and teachers, including workshop information

Neutral Organizations

http://www.iay.org

The Institute for the Study of Antisocial Behavior in Youth, an article outlining circumstances when CP is used that may cause negative behaviors can be found at http://www.iay.org/youth_update/abstractsvol16no1.html

http://www.corpun.com/index.htm

World Coporal Punishment Research

Resources on CP around the world

Suggested Search Words

Search at http://www.google.com using corporal punishment, corporal punishment + sweden, physical punishment. DO NOT SEARCH “SPANKING” Most results will not pertain to this topic.