Murray A. Straus is Professor of Sociology and founder and Co-Director of the Family Research Laboratory at the University of New Hampshire. Emily M. Douglas is Associate Professor of Social Work at Bridgewater State University. Rose Anne Medeiros is Quantitative Methodologist in the Department of Sociology at Rice University.
Part I: Prevalence and Social Causes of Spanking 1. The Social and
Scientific Context of Research on Spanking. 2. Corporal Punishment In The
United States. 3. Spanking In World Perspective. 4. There was An Old Woman
Who Lived In A Shoe. 5. Approval Of Violence And Spanking Children. Part
II: Spanking and Child Behavior Problems 6. The Boomerang Effect of
Spanking. 7. Impulsive Spanking, Never Spanking And Child Well-Being. 8.
The Child-to-Mother Bond and Deliquency. 9. Spanking and Risky Sex. Part
III: Spanking and Human Capital 10. Mental Ability. 11. College Graduation.
Part IV: Spanking and Human Capital 12. What Explains The Link Between
Spanking and Assaulting a Partner? 13. Assault and Injury of Dating
Partners by University Students in 32 Nations. 14. Cultural Context & The
Relation of Spanking Crime. 15. Spanking High Risk Children and Adult
Crime. 16. Sexual Coercion and Sexual Assault. Part V: Social Change and
Trends In Spanking 17. The Decline in Approval of Spanking. 18. Why
Everyone Spanks Toddlers and What To Do About It. 19. Implications for
Crime and Violence in Society. 20. Obstacles to Accepting the Evidence. 21.
A World Without Spanking.
