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Corporal Punishment

• Dimension's of Discipline Inventory: The DDI measures: (A) Misbehavior by the child. (B) Use of nine discipline techniques such as explanation, corporal punishment, and reward. (C)Ten aspects of the mode of implementing discipline (such as impulsivity) and the context (such as agreement-disagreement between parents on discipline). (D) Degree of approval or disapproval of each of the nine discipline techniques.
  Despite the broad coverage, the DDI is brief - 10 to 20 minutes, average time 15 minutes.
  

• DT-CP 03 - Straus, Murray A. 2013, May 25. Concordance between parents in use of corporal punishment and its relation to belief in the death penalty by university students in 15 nations. Paper presented at the Association for Psychological Science, Invited symposium on Corporal Punishment, Aggression, and Culture, Washington, DC.
  
  
• CPB1R - BEATING THE DEVIL OUT OF THEM: CORPORAL PUNISHMENT IN AMERICAN FAMILIES AND ITS EFFECTS ON CHILDREN, 2nd Edition, (Table of contents and order form)

• CP3 - Straus, Murray A. 1995. "Corporal punishment of children and depression and suicide in adulthood." in Coercion and Punishment in Long Term Perspective, edited by J. McCord. New York, New York: Cambridge University Press. Also pp. 67-79 in Murray A. Straus. 2001. 2nd Edition. Beating the Devil out of them: Corporal Punishment in American Families and its Effects on Children. New Brunswick, NJ: Lexington Publishers.

• CP07 - Straus, Murray A. and Holly S. Gimpel. 1992. "Corporal punishment by parents and economic achievement: A theoretical model and some preliminary empirical data." in Annual meeting of the American Sociological Association. Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.

• CP10 - Straus, Murray A. and Sean Lauer. In Press. "Crime in ethnic group context." in The Primordial Violence: Spanking children and its effects on cognitive development and crime. Chapter 14, edited by M. A. Straus, E. M. Douglas, and R. A. Medeiros. New York: Psychology Press.

• CP13 - Straus, M. A., & Yodanis, C. L. (2001). Physical Abuse. In M. A. Straus (Ed.), Beating the Devil out of them: Corporal punishment in American families and its effects on children (chapter 6). New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers.

• CP16 - Giles-Sims, Jean., Murray A. Straus, and David B. Sugarman. 1995. "Child, maternal and family characteristics associated with spanking." Family Relations 44:170-176.

• CP20 - Straus, Murray A. and Nancy Asdigian. In Press. "There was an old women who lived in a shoe. "Chapter 4 in The Primordial Violence: Spanking children and its effects on cognitive development and crime, edited by M. A. Straus, E. M. Douglas, and R. A. Medeiros. New York: Psychology Press.

• CP23 -Straus, Murray A. and Carrie L. Yodanis. 1996. "Corporal punishment in adolescence and physical assaults on spouses later in life: What accounts for the link?" Journal of Marriage and the Family 58:825-841. Also as "What explains the link between corporal punishment assaulting a partner?", In Press, Chapter 12 in Murray A. Straus., Emily M. Douglas & Rose Anne Medeiros, The Primordial Violence: Spanking children and its effects on cognitive development and crime. New York: Psychology Press.

• CP24 - Straus, Murray A., David B. Sugarman, and Jean Giles-Sims. 1997. "Spanking by parents and subsequent antisocial behavior of children." Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine 151:761-767. Also as "The Boomerang Effect of Corporal Punishment" Chapter 6 in Straus, Murray A., Emily M. Douglas and Rose Anne Medeiros. In Press. The Primordial Violence: Spanking children and its effects on cognitive development and crime. New York: Psychology Press.
  

• CP27 - Straus, Murray A. and Anitia K. Mathur. 1996. "Social change and trends in approval of corporal punishment by parents from 1968 to 1994." Pp. 91-105 in Family violence against children: A challenge for society., edited by D. Frehsee, W. Horn, and K.-D. Bussmann. New York: Walter deGruyter. Also an updated version as "The Decline in Corporal Punishment", In press, in Murray A. Straus, Emily M. Douglas and Rose A. Maderios, The Primordial Violence: Spanking children and its effects on cognitive development and crime. New York: Psychology Press.
  
  

• CP28 - Straus, Murray A., and Denise. Donnelly. 2001. "The fusion of sex and violence." Pp. 121-136 in Beating the devil out of them: Corporal punishment in American families and its effects on children, edited by Murray A. Straus. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers.

• CP29 -Straus, Murray A. and Anita K. Mathur. In Press. "College Graduation" in The Primordial Violence: Spanking children and its effects on cognitive development and crime (Chapter 11), edited by M. A. Straus, E. M. Douglas, and R. A. Medeiros. New York: Psychology Press.
  

• CP33/ID33/PR33 - Douglas, Emily M and Murray A Straus. 2006. "Assault and injury of dating partners by university students in 19 countries and its relation to corporal punishment experienced as a child." European Journal of Criminology 3:293-318.
  

• CP36 - Straus, Murray A. and Julie H. Stewart. 1999. "Corporal punishment by American parents: National data on prevalence, chronicity, severity, and duration, in relation to child, and family characteristics." Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review 2:55-70. Also as "Corporal Punishment in the United States" , In Press, Chapter 2 in Murray A. Straus., Emily M. Douglas & Rose Anne Medeiros, The Primordial Violence: Spanking children and its effects on cognitive development and crime. New York: Psychology Press.
  
  
• CP44/ID44 - Douglas, Emily M. 2006. "Familial Violence socialization in socialization in childhood and later life approval of corporal punishment: A Cross-cultural perspective." American Journal of Orthopschiatry 76:23-30.
  

• CP51R - Straus, Murray A. and Mallie J. Paschall. 2009. "Corporal punishment by mothers and development of children's cognitive ability: A Longitudinal study of two Nationally representative age cohorts." Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment, and Trauma Vol (18, No 5. pp 459-483). Also as "Mental Ability" Chapter 10 in Straus, Murray A., Emily M. Douglas and Rose Anne Medeiros. In Press. The Primordial Violence: Spanking children and its effects on cognitive development and crime. New York: Psychology Press.
  

• CP70 - Colby Jr, John P. and Murray A. Straus. In Press. "Achievement in Elementary School." in Murray A. Straus, Emily M. Douglas, and Rose A. Medeiros The Primordial Violence: Corporal Punishment, Cognitive Development And Crime. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press.
  

• CP71 - Ulman, Arina and Murray A. Straus. 2003. "Violence by children against mothers in relation to violence between parents and corporal punishment by parents." Journal of Comparative Family Studies 34:41-60.
  
  
• CP76 - Straus, M. A. (2008). Corporal punishment by parents: A Prevalent and chronic trauma in lives of children. Unpublished Manuscript. Family Research Laboratory, University of New Hampshire.
  
  
• CP78 - Straus, M. A., & Douglas, E. M. (2008). Research on spanking by parents: Implications for public policy. The Family Psychologist: Bulletin of the Division of Family Psychology (43), 24(1), 18-20.
  
  
• CP79 - Straus, Murray A. (2008, February 28). "Corporal punishment of children and sexual behavior problems: results from four studies." Paper presented at the American Psychological Association Summit Conference on Violence and Abuse in Interpersonal Relationship, Bethesda, Maryland.
  
  
• CP89/ID89/PR89 - Straus, Murray A. (2008, March 18th & 19th). "Two ignored risk factors for partner violence: Neglect and corporal punishment in childhood." Paper presented at the Inaugural Conference of the International Family Aggression Society, Preston, UK: University of Central Lancashire.
  
  
• CP91/ID91/PR91 - Gamez-Guadix, Manuel, Murray A. Straus, and Scott Hershberger. In press. "Childhood and adolescent victimization and perpetration of sexual coercion by male and female university students." Deviant Behavior.
  
  
• CP98 - Straus, Murray A. 2009. "Differences in Corporal Punishment by parents in 32 Nations and its Relation to National Differences in IQ." Paper Presented at the 14th International Conference On Violence, Abuse And Trauma, 25 September, San Diego, California.
  
  
• CP103/DD103/IP103/PR103 CP Gámez Guadix, Manuel, Murray A. Straus, José Antonio Carrobles, Marina J. Muñoz Rivas, and Carmen Almendros Rodríguez. 2010. "Corporal punishment and behavior problems: The moderating role of positive parenting and psychological aggression." Psicothema 22:529-536.
  
  
• CP106 Straus, Murray A. (2010). Criminogenic effects of corporal punishment by parents. In M. Herzog-Evans & IsabelleDréan-Rivette (Eds.), Transnational Criminology Manual (Vol. I, pp. 373-390). Amsterdam: Wolf Legal Publishing.