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School corporal punishment has a long history in the U.S., but recent trends suggest we are witnessing its denouement, in practice if not in law. This monograph has brought together what is known about the current and past prevalence of school corporal punishment, disparities in its use, the outcomes it has for children, and potential means by which it may be reduced or abolished at federal, state, or local levels in the future.
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Gershoff, E.T., Purtell, K.M., Holas, I. (2015). Conclusion. In: Corporal Punishment in U.S. Public Schools. SpringerBriefs in Psychology(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14818-2_9
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