© 1999 Canadian Medical Association or its licensors than less attention to the child's
behaviour. However, there is no scientific evidence for either view. Ending spanking is a …

Despite numerous studies identifying a broad range of harms associated with the use of
spanking and other types of physical punishment, debate continues about its use as a form …

In the late 1970s there was a report in the British tabloid press that a manufacturer of school
canes or straps (memory is uncertain after 25 years) was apparently indignant that his …

One of a series of studies on corporal punishment of children, this paper argues that the
reasons provided for the strong support of spanking are myths. Ten myths about spanking …

The focus of this commentary is on whether research can or should be used as a basis for
public policy to end use of corporal punishment (CP) by parents. CP is “the use of physical …

Objectives To assess the prevalence of corporal punishment usage in the US population.
Methods This study was based on a 2014 cross-sectional, telephone survey of a nationally …

Corporal punishment in families is a controversial practice in the United States and
worldwide. Advocates for the use of physical punishment propose that it is a necessary …

Scientific data do not support a blanket injunction against the use of corporal punishment.
The shortand long-term consequences of corporal punishment, or any other disciplinary …

Background The strongest causal evidence that customary spanking increases antisocial
behavior is based on prospective studies that control statistically for initial antisocial …

After explicitly recognizing the causal ambiguity of all prior evidence of detrimental child
outcomes of parental spanking, Straus et al2 proceed to claim too much for their current …