Corporal Punishment of Children in Theoretical Perspective.

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- I. Current State of Theory -- 1. Theoretical Approaches to Corporal Punishment -- 2. Corporal Punishment in Ecological Perspective -- II. Comparative Theories -- 3. Parent-Offspring Conflict and Corporal Punishment in Primates -- 4. Putting Corporal Punishment of Children in Historical Perspective -- 5. Grid-Group Theory and Corporal Punishment -- III. Psychological Theories -- 6. The Origins of Physical Punishment: An Ethological/Attachment Perspective on the Use of Physical Punishment by Human Parents -- 7. Behavioral Theory and Corporal Punishment -- 8. Behavior Analysis: Evolutionary Theory, and the Corporal Discipline of Children -- 9. Spare the Rod and Spoil the Child: Lay Theories of Corporal Punishment -- 10. Difficulties of Making Rational Choices Concerning Corporal Punishment of Children -- IV. Sociological Theories -- 11. Unintended Consequences of Punishment -- 12. Moral Development and Corporal Punishment -- 13. Corporal Punishment of Children: A Communication-Theory Perspective -- 14. Conflict Theory of Corporal Punishment -- 15. Punishment of Children from the Perspective of Control Theory -- 16. Punishment, Child Development, and Crime: A Theory of the Social Bond -- 17. Exchange Theory -- 18. Corporal Punishment and the Stress Process -- 19. Corporal Punishment and Black's Theory of Social Control -- 20. The Structure of Family Rules about Hitting: A Family-Systems Perspective -- References -- List of Contributors -- Index.

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