Physical Punishment in Childhood

The Rights of the Child

AvBernadette J. Saunders,Chris Goddard

Inbunden, Engelska, 2010

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Beskrivning

Providing a wide spectrum of views, the authors explore the fine line between normalized physical punishment and illegal or unacceptable physical and emotional abuse of children. It builds on the emerging field of research that provides opportunities for children to speak for themselves about their views and experiences. Provides observations from children, professionals and several generations from within individual familiesDiscusses the power of language used by parents, professionals and the media to describe physical punishmentReflects upon the status of children in societies that sanction their physical punishment, motivations and justifications for its use, perceptions of its effectiveness, and its impactPresents a combination of personal, social, legal, and language factors which provide significant new insights and suggest ways to move forward

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2010-01-15
Mått:164 x 236 x 22 mm
Vikt:595 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:288
Förlag:John Wiley & Sons Inc
ISBN:9780470682562

Utforska kategorier

Socialt arbete och välfärd inom Samhälle och politik
Familjerätt inom Juridik

Mer om författaren

Dr Bernadette Saunders is a Senior Research Fellow at Child Abuse Prevention Research Australia, and Senior Lecturer in the Department of Social Work, Monash University where she teaches Law and Social Justice. She received an Australian Postgraduate Award, and the support of the Australian Childhood Foundation, to pursue her doctoral research on physical punishment. Professor Chris Goddard is Director of Child Abuse Prevention Research Australia, Monash University. His previous book Human Rights Overboard: Seeking Asylum in Australia (with Linda Briskman and Susie Latham, 2008) won the Australian Human Rights Literature Non-Fiction Award.

Recensioner i media

"Publications such as...Physical Punishment in Childhood should help to educate professionals and the public, and advance the cause of children's rights in the United States and the world." (PsycCRITIQUES, December 2010) "It provides a very good summary of the history, language, impact and legal responses to physical punishment of children in Sweden and various English-speaking countries, with particular attention to Australia, the authors' country of residence. The strength and real contribution of the book lies, however, in the presentation of the views of children-voices that are generally not heard in the debate about this contentious issue though they are the ones who bear the brunt of this form of punishment. In this book, they are given equal standing with those of the adults-the parents and the professionals." (Child Abuse Review, 2010)

Innehållsförteckning

Acknowledgements ix1 Introduction 12 Childhood and physical punishment in historical perspective 113 Legal responses to physical punishment 254 Conducting sensitive and ethical research with children and adults 495 Experiences of physical punishment at home, at school and in public places 636 Public and professional perceptions of the effectiveness of physical punishment 937 The subjugation of children through language and physical punishment 1198 The effects of physical punishment 1419 The persistence of physical punishment 16510 The morality of physical punishment 20311 An ideal childhood 229References 235Index 261