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21. Mai 2020 · Abstract. Despite global shifts toward prevention of school corporal punishment, the practice remains widespread. This systematic review focused on (a) prevalence, (b) associated mental health and behavioral factors, and (c) correlates that may be risk or protective factors.
- Sasha-Lee Heekes, Chloe B Kruger, Soraya N Lester, Catherine L Ward
- 2020
- Learn The Legal History of School Corporal Punishment in The U.S.
- Check For Errors in School Disciplinary reports.
- Press State Legislators to Explain Why They Allow School Corporal Punishment.
- Look For Stories in Corporal Punishment Data.
It’s important that journalists covering corporal punishment understand the history of the practice, including the stance the U.S. Supreme Court and lower courts have taken on the issue. Individual states have the authority to create and enforce discipline policies for children attending schools within their borders. Generally speaking, Supreme Cou...
Several news reports in 2021 and 2022 indicate the U.S. government’s tally of children receiving corporal punishment at school may be incorrect. An investigation the Times Union of Albanypublished in September reveals hundreds of New York public school students have been physically disciplined in recent years, even though the practice has been gene...
Gershoff and Pratt agree journalists should ask legislators in states that allow schools to use physical discipline why they have not stopped the practice. “Tell the legislative story — who’s legislating this?” Pratt says. “Examine the people doing the work to end [corporal punishment] and also those wanting to maintain it.” While a handful of memb...
Browse around the U.S. Department of Education’s Civil Rights Data Collection, which provides data on corporal punishment in public schools at the national, state and local levels as of the 2017-18 academic year. Notice trends, disparities and where there are unusually high numbers of corporal punishment cases. For more recent data, reach out to sc...
Table 3 provides estimates of the prevalence of school corporal punishment in 63 countries. Twenty-nine of these countries have legally banned corporal punishment from schools, yet they have rates of corporal punishment ranging from 13% of students in Kazakhstan to fully 97% of students in Cameroon.
- Elizabeth T Gershoff
- 2017
21. Aug. 2023 · Share. Tools. The use of corporal punishment in schools is not an effective or ethical method for management of behavior concerns and causes harm to students. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that corporal punishment in all school settings be abolished in all states by law and replaced by alternative forms of student ...
One in 2 children aged 6–17 years (732 million) live in countries where corporal punishment at school is not fully prohibited. Studies have shown that lifetime prevalence of school corporal punishment was above 70% in Africa and Central America, past-year prevalence was above 60% in the WHO Regions of Eastern Mediterranean and South-East Asia ...
9. Jan. 2017 · This article summarizes what is known about the legality and prevalence of school corporal punishment, about the outcomes linked to it, and about interventions to reduce and eliminate school corporal punishment around the world.
3. Mai 2023 · A new landmark report on school corporal punishment has been released by End Violence in partnership with Safe to Learn and the Coalition for Good Schools. The report explores children’s experiences of school corporal punishment, identifying where action is needed, and describing how progress can be achieved.
