Legal Precedents, Current Practices, and Future Policy
by
Elizabeth T. Gershoff, Kelly M. Purtell, Igor Holas
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2015
This Brief reviews the past, present, and future use of school corporal punishment in the United States, a practice that remains legal in 19 states as it is constitutionally permitted according to the U.S. Supreme Court. As a result of school corporal punishment, nearly 200,000 children are paddled...