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Physical Punishment in Childhood
The Rights of the Child
Langbeschreibung
Providing a wide spectrum of views, the authors explore the fineline between normalized physical punishment and illegal orunacceptable physical and emotional abuse of children. It builds onthe emerging field of research that provides opportunities forchildren to speak for themselves about their views and experiences.* Provides observations from children, professionals and severalgenerations from within individual families* Discusses the power of language used by parents, professionalsand the media to describe physical punishment* Reflects upon the status of children in societies that sanctiontheir physical punishment, motivations and justifications for itsuse, perceptions of its effectiveness, and its impact* Presents a combination of personal, social, legal, and languagefactors which provide significant new insights and suggest ways tomove forward
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Acknowledgements.1 Introduction.2 Childhood and physical punishment in historicalperspective.3 Legal responses to physical punishment.4 Conducting sensitive and ethical research with children andadults.5 Experiences of physical punishment at home, at school and inpublic places.6 Public and professional perceptions of the effectiveness ofphysical punishment.7 The subjugation of children through language and physicalpunishment.8 The effects of physical punishment.9 The persistence of physical punishment.10 The morality of physical punishment.11 An ideal childhood.References.Index.
Dr Bernadette Saunders is a Senior Research Fellow at ChildAbuse Prevention Research Australia, and Senior Lecturer in theDepartment of Social Work, Monash University where she teaches Lawand Social Justice. She received an Australian Postgraduate Award,and the support of the Australian Childhood Foundation, to pursueher doctoral research on physical punishment.Professor Chris Goddard is Director of Child AbusePrevention Research Australia, Monash University. His previous bookHuman Rights Overboard: Seeking Asylum in Australia (withLinda Briskman and Susie Latham, 2008) won the Australian HumanRights Literature Non-Fiction Award.
ISBN-13:
9780470684399
Veröffentl:
2009
Seiten:
284
Autor:
Bernadette J. Saunders
eBook Typ:
PDF
eBook Format:
Reflowable
Kopierschutz:
2 - DRM Adobe
Sprache:
Englisch
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