تنبیه بدنی، بدرفتاری روانی، خشونت در امریکا: پژوهش، حمایت، و سیاست های عمومی

The high levels of punitiveness in our society are used to explain why it is taking so long to ban corporal punishment in American schools. Corporal punishment in home and school, and the related issues of psychological maltreatment and violence, are discussed in terms of definitions, demography, research, and effects. Advocacy research is explained as an approach to amelioration and to test the hypothesis that the United States is the most punitive of Western democracies. Policy initiatives for legislative action and prevention are presented.