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Physical punishment of children : time to end the defence of reasonable chastisement in the UK, USA and Australia (2017)
Journal Article
time to end the defence of reasonable chastisement in the UK, USA and Australia. International Journal of Children's Rights, 25(1), 165-195. https://doi.org/10.1163/15718182-02501007

As at March 2016, 49 states had reformed their laws to clearly prohibit all corporal punishment of children (United Nations 1989) in all settings, including the home (Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children, n.d.) By January 2017... Read More about Physical punishment of children : time to end the defence of reasonable chastisement in the UK, USA and Australia.