Impairing Education – In this 70-page report, the ACLU and Human Rights Watch found that students with disabilities made up 18.8 percent of students who suffered corporal punishment at school during the 2006-2007 school year, although they constituted just 13.7 percent of the total nationwide student population. At least 41,972 students with disabilities were […]

ACLU and Human Rights Watch Seek Ban on Physical Discipline at School – Students with disabilities face corporal punishment in public schools at disproportionately high rates, says a report released today by the American Civil Liberties Union and Human Rights Watch. The physical discipline, which often includes beatings, can worsen these students’ medical conditions […]

The State of Research on the Effects of Physical Punishment – Long considered an effective, and even necessary, means of socialising children, physical punishment has been revealed to be a predictor of a wide range of negative developmental outcomes. Research findings about the effects of physical punishment on outcomes for children […]

Physical punishment of children: lessons from 20 years of research – Over the past two decades, we have seen an international shift in perspectives concerning the physical punishment of children. In 1990, research showing an association between physical punishment and negative developmental outcomes was starting to accumulate, and the Convention on the […]

More Harm Than Good: A Summary of Scientific Research on the Intended and Unintended Effects of Corporal Punishment on Children – The research evidence has led many leading professional organizations to call for a ban on corporal punishment in school. The research evidence has led many  leading professional organizations to call […]