Walnut Creek, CA:  AltaMira Press., In Press 2006.

 

THE PRIMORDIAL VIOLENCE:

CORPORAL PUNISHMENT BY PARENTS, COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT,

AND CRIME

 

Murray A. Straus

Family Research Laboratory, University of New Hampshire

Durham, NH  03824   (603) 862-2594 

 murray.straus@unh.edu             http://pubpages.unh.edu/~mas2/

 

Part I. THE SOCIAL CAUSES AND CONTEXT

1          The Culture Wars

2          Prevalence, Chronicity, and Severity

3          Hispanic Parents

4          There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe

5          Approval of Violence

 

Part II.  CHILD BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS

1          The Boomerang Effect

2          Impulsive spanking & Never spanking

3          Child-to-Mother Bond and Delinquency

4          Risky Sex

 

PART III.  HUMAN CAPITAL

1          Cognitive Development

2          Achievement in Elementary School

3          College Graduation

 

Part IV.  ADULT VIOLENCE AND OTHER CRIME

1          Physical Assaults on Spouses

2          Ethnic Group Differences

3          Adult Crime Among High Risk Children

 

Part V.  SOCIAL CHANGE AND TRENDS

1          The Decline in Public Support

2          Trends in Prevalence and Chronicity

3          Implications for Society

 

APPENDICES

1          Attempts to Stem the Tide:  Demystifying the Defenses of Corporal Punishment

2          Approaches to Measuring Corporal Punishment

3          Measures Used In This Book

4          Samples Used

5          Methodological Appendices For Each Chapter

 

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