Where and How to Draw the Line Between Reasonable Corporal Punishment and Abuse

Authors

Doriane Lambelet Coleman, Duke Law SchoolFollow
Kenneth A. Dodge
Sarah Keeton Campbell

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2010

Keywords

corporal punishment, child protective services, CPS, child abuse

Abstract

This article from law and child psychology provides a thorough description of relevant state laws, judicial decisions, and childprotective-services practices and argues that relevant regulation ought to be revised to the extent necessary to reflect an appropriate balance between parental-autonomy rights and the social-science evidence on the effects of corporal punishment on children’s short- and long-term developmental wellbeing.

Citation

Doriane Lambelet Coleman et al., Where and How to Draw the Line Between Reasonable Corporal Punishment and Abuse, 73 Law and Contemporary Problems 107-165 (2010)