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Author: Murray A. Straus ,
Emily M. Douglas ,
Rose Anne Medeiros (Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint: Routledge
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 3.00cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 1.020kg
ISBN: 9781848729520
ISBN 10: 1848729529
Pages: 464
Publication Date: 26 February 2015
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
An impressive review of decades of research, this book will be a critical resource for academics and all who seek an end to everyday violence against children. - Joan E. Durrant, University of Manitoba, Canada The Primordial Violence is a milestone in research on the causes and consequences corporal punishment. Murray Straus and his co-authors convincingly demonstrate the huge social costs of spanking children across the world. - Manuel Eisner, University of Cambridge, UK In this important and timely volume, Straus and colleagues integrate decades of research on corporal punishment and significantly advance understanding of the causes and consequences of spanking children. This book is critically important to all practitioners and researchers who work to promote the wellbeing of children. - Shawna J. Lee, University of Michigan, USA This is a much needed work which will contribute significantly to the field. ...There is no doubting its relevance or quality of its scholarship. ... The strength of the book is 40 years of research and accumulating knowledge. - Penelope Leach, University of London, UK [It will] be a very useful tool for professionals who work with families and ... as a ... supplement for college courses that deal with the topic of parenting, child guidance & discipline, or family violence. - Brigitte Vittrup, Texas Women's University, USA It will be of keen interest to scholars who attend NCFR, SRCD, SRA, and other family- and child-oriented meetings ... and to a general audience. ... I would like my graduate students to read [it] ...so that they can get a feel for how science is done. - Patricia K. Kerig, University of Utah, USA It has significant practical implications for parenting. ...[It] ...is easy to understand and follow. ...Relevant as a supplementary textbook for postgraduate courses on child development, child psychology, criminology, family violence, pediatrics, education, social work, and sociology...this book undoubtedly fills a hole in systematic research evidence on spanking. - Chan Yuk-chung, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China Attractive to researchers, graduate students, policymakers, and community leaders who are interested in ... preventing family violence ... I would ...use [it] for my ...course on children and public policy and for a ...course on family violence [and] ...recommend it to colleagues for its comprehensive review of data on both the use of and effects of corporal punishment in the U.S. and internationally. - Elizabeth Gershoff, University of Texas at Austin, USA
This is a much needed work which will contribute significantly to the field. ...There is no doubting its relevance or quality of its scholarship. ... The strength of the book is 40 years of research and accumulating knowledge. - Penelope Leach, University of London, UK This book is ... accessible to people outside of academia, and the background and reasons for suggesting a stance against [corporal punishment is] well documented and explained. ... [It will] be a very useful tool for professionals who work with families, and ... as a ... supplement for college courses that deal with the topic of parenting, child guidance & discipline, or family violence. - Brigitte Vittrup, Texas Women's University, USA This clear and persuasive book will have a large audience. The quality of the scholarship is high. ... It will be of keen interest to scholars who attend NCFR, SRCD, SRA, and other family- and child-oriented meetings ... and to a general audience. ... I would like my graduate students to read [it] ...so that they can get a feel for how science is done. - Patricia K. Kerig, University of Utah, USA The authors ... presented convincing longitudinal research evidence in support of their anti-spanking arguments. ... It has significant practical implications for parenting. ...[It] ...is easy to understand and follow. ...Relevant as a supplementary textbook for postgraduate courses on child development, child psychology, criminology, family violence, pediatrics, education, social work, and sociology...this book undoubtedly fills a hole in systematic research evidence on spanking. - Chan Yuk-chung, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China Attractive to researchers, graduate students, policymakers, and community leaders who are interested in understanding and preventing family violence ... I would ...use [it] for my ...course on children and public policy and for a ...course on family violence [and] ...recommend it to colleagues for its comprehensive review of data on both the use of and effects of corporal punishment in the U.S. and internationally. - Elizabeth Gershoff, University of Texas at Austin, USA
Author Information
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.
