"McCord has compiled a collection of 20 chpaters written by highly respected researchers from the U.S., Canada, the U.K. and northern Europe...McCord provides a comprehensive overview of the study of coercion. Each chapter describes a clearly presented empirical study...this book could be used in an upper-division undergraduate or graduate course, either in its entirety, or as individual chapters." Lorinda B. Camparo, Child Development Abstracts & Bibliography

• List of contributors; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: coercion and punishment in the fabric of social relations Joan McCord; Part I. Mental Health, Coercion and Punishment: 2. Relationships as context: supportive and coercive interactions in competent, aggressive and anxious mother-child dyads Jean E. Dumas and Peter J. LaFreniere; 3. Parental hostility, childhood behaviour and adult social functioning Barbara Maughan, Andrew Pickles and David Quinton; 4. Corporal punishment of children and adult depression and suicidal ideation Murray A. Straus; Part II. Family Socialization Practices and Antisocial Behaviour: 5. Coercion as a basis for early age of onset for arrest Gerald R. Patterson; 6. Disentangling mother-child effects in the development of antisocial behaviour Denise B. Kandel and Ping Wu; 7. Family and child factors in stability and change in children's aggressiveness in elementary school John E. Bates, Gregory S. Pettit and Kenneth A. Dodge; 8. Kindergarten behavioural patterns, parental practices and early adolescent antisocial behaviour Richard E. Tremblay; 9. The reciprocal influence of punishment and child behaviour disorder Patricia Cohen and Judith S. Brook; 10. The development of coercive family processes: the interaction between aversive toddler behaviour and parenting factors Kate Keenan and Daniel S. Shaw; Part III. Aggression and Coercion in the Schools: 11. The impact of peer relationships on aggression in childhood: inhibition through coercion or promotion through peer support Michel Boivin and Frank Vitaro; 12. Classroom seating and juvenile delinquency Pierre Charlebois, Frankie Bernèche, Marc Le Blanc, Claude Gagnon and Serge Larivée; 13. Social skills training and aggression in the peer group Debra J. Pepler, Wendy Craig and William L. Roberts; 14. Early adolescent social influences on delinquent behavior John D. Coie, Robert Terry, Audrey Zakriski and John Lochman; Part IV. Deviance, Crime and Discipline: 15. The long-term effect of punitive discipline John H. Laub and Robert J. Sampson; 16. Parental monitoring and peer influences on adolescent substance use Anne C. Fletcher, Nancy Darling and Laurence Steinberg; 17. The relative importance of internal and external direct constraints in the explanation of late adolescent delinquency and adult criminality Marc Le Blanc; 18. Negative social sanctions and deviant behaviour: a conditional relationship Howard B. Kaplan and Kelly R. Damphousse; Part V. Measuring and Predicting in Studies of Coercion and Punishment: 19. Corporal punishment in everyday life: an intergenerational perspective Hakan Stattin, Harald Janson, Ingrid Klackenberg-Larsson and David Magnusson; 20. Coercive family process and delinquency: some methodological considerations Jacqueline Barnes-McGuire and Felton Earls; 21. Sex roles as coercion Alex E. Schwartzman, Pierrette Verlaan, Patricia Peters, and Lisa A. Serbin; Name index; Subject index.

"McCord has compiled a collection of 20 chpaters written by highly respected researchers from the U.S., Canada, the U.K. and northern Europe...McCord provides a comprehensive overview of the study of coercion. Each chapter describes a clearly presented empirical study...this book could be used in an upper-division undergraduate or graduate course, either in its entirety, or as individual chapters." Lorinda B. Camparo, Child Development Abstracts & Bibliography

• List of contributors; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: coercion and punishment in the fabric of social relations Joan McCord; Part I. Mental Health, Coercion and Punishment: 2. Relationships as context: supportive and coercive interactions in competent, aggressive and anxious mother-child dyads Jean E. Dumas and Peter J. LaFreniere; 3. Parental hostility, childhood behaviour and adult social functioning Barbara Maughan, Andrew Pickles and David Quinton; 4. Corporal punishment of children and adult depression and suicidal ideation Murray A. Straus; Part II. Family Socialization Practices and Antisocial Behaviour: 5. Coercion as a basis for early age of onset for arrest Gerald R. Patterson; 6. Disentangling mother-child effects in the development of antisocial behaviour Denise B. Kandel and Ping Wu; 7. Family and child factors in stability and change in children's aggressiveness in elementary school John E. Bates, Gregory S. Pettit and Kenneth A. Dodge; 8. Kindergarten behavioural patterns, parental practices and early adolescent antisocial behaviour Richard E. Tremblay; 9. The reciprocal influence of punishment and child behaviour disorder Patricia Cohen and Judith S. Brook; 10. The development of coercive family processes: the interaction between aversive toddler behaviour and parenting factors Kate Keenan and Daniel S. Shaw; Part III. Aggression and Coercion in the Schools: 11. The impact of peer relationships on aggression in childhood: inhibition through coercion or promotion through peer support Michel Boivin and Frank Vitaro; 12. Classroom seating and juvenile delinquency Pierre Charlebois, Frankie Bernèche, Marc Le Blanc, Claude Gagnon and Serge Larivée; 13. Social skills training and aggression in the peer group Debra J. Pepler, Wendy Craig and William L. Roberts; 14. Early adolescent social influences on delinquent behavior John D. Coie, Robert Terry, Audrey Zakriski and John Lochman; Part IV. Deviance, Crime and Discipline: 15. The long-term effect of punitive discipline John H. Laub and Robert J. Sampson; 16. Parental monitoring and peer influences on adolescent substance use Anne C. Fletcher, Nancy Darling and Laurence Steinberg; 17. The relative importance of internal and external direct constraints in the explanation of late adolescent delinquency and adult criminality Marc Le Blanc; 18. Negative social sanctions and deviant behaviour: a conditional relationship Howard B. Kaplan and Kelly R. Damphousse; Part V. Measuring and Predicting in Studies of Coercion and Punishment: 19. Corporal punishment in everyday life: an intergenerational perspective Hakan Stattin, Harald Janson, Ingrid Klackenberg-Larsson and David Magnusson; 20. Coercive family process and delinquency: some methodological considerations Jacqueline Barnes-McGuire and Felton Earls; 21. Sex roles as coercion Alex E. Schwartzman, Pierrette Verlaan, Patricia Peters, and Lisa A. Serbin; Name index; Subject index.

"McCord has compiled a collection of 20 chpaters written by highly respected researchers from the U.S., Canada, the U.K. and northern Europe...McCord provides a comprehensive overview of the study of coercion. Each chapter describes a clearly presented empirical study...this book could be used in an upper-division undergraduate or graduate course, either in its entirety, or as individual chapters." Lorinda B. Camparo, Child Development Abstracts & Bibliography

• List of contributors; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: coercion and punishment in the fabric of social relations Joan McCord; Part I. Mental Health, Coercion and Punishment: 2. Relationships as context: supportive and coercive interactions in competent, aggressive and anxious mother-child dyads Jean E. Dumas and Peter J. LaFreniere; 3. Parental hostility, childhood behaviour and adult social functioning Barbara Maughan, Andrew Pickles and David Quinton; 4. Corporal punishment of children and adult depression and suicidal ideation Murray A. Straus; Part II. Family Socialization Practices and Antisocial Behaviour: 5. Coercion as a basis for early age of onset for arrest Gerald R. Patterson; 6. Disentangling mother-child effects in the development of antisocial behaviour Denise B. Kandel and Ping Wu; 7. Family and child factors in stability and change in children's aggressiveness in elementary school John E. Bates, Gregory S. Pettit and Kenneth A. Dodge; 8. Kindergarten behavioural patterns, parental practices and early adolescent antisocial behaviour Richard E. Tremblay; 9. The reciprocal influence of punishment and child behaviour disorder Patricia Cohen and Judith S. Brook; 10. The development of coercive family processes: the interaction between aversive toddler behaviour and parenting factors Kate Keenan and Daniel S. Shaw; Part III. Aggression and Coercion in the Schools: 11. The impact of peer relationships on aggression in childhood: inhibition through coercion or promotion through peer support Michel Boivin and Frank Vitaro; 12. Classroom seating and juvenile delinquency Pierre Charlebois, Frankie Bernèche, Marc Le Blanc, Claude Gagnon and Serge Larivée; 13. Social skills training and aggression in the peer group Debra J. Pepler, Wendy Craig and William L. Roberts; 14. Early adolescent social influences on delinquent behavior John D. Coie, Robert Terry, Audrey Zakriski and John Lochman; Part IV. Deviance, Crime and Discipline: 15. The long-term effect of punitive discipline John H. Laub and Robert J. Sampson; 16. Parental monitoring and peer influences on adolescent substance use Anne C. Fletcher, Nancy Darling and Laurence Steinberg; 17. The relative importance of internal and external direct constraints in the explanation of late adolescent delinquency and adult criminality Marc Le Blanc; 18. Negative social sanctions and deviant behaviour: a conditional relationship Howard B. Kaplan and Kelly R. Damphousse; Part V. Measuring and Predicting in Studies of Coercion and Punishment: 19. Corporal punishment in everyday life: an intergenerational perspective Hakan Stattin, Harald Janson, Ingrid Klackenberg-Larsson and David Magnusson; 20. Coercive family process and delinquency: some methodological considerations Jacqueline Barnes-McGuire and Felton Earls; 21. Sex roles as coercion Alex E. Schwartzman, Pierrette Verlaan, Patricia Peters, and Lisa A. Serbin; Name index; Subject index.