Straus, Murray A., Emily M. Douglas, and Rose Anne Medeiros. In Press. The primordial violence: Corporal punishment by parents, cognitive development, and crime. Walnut Creek, CA: Alta Mira Press.

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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