Straus, Murray A.  1926- <br/><br/>
The primordial violence :  spanking children, psychological development, violence, and crime / 
Murray A. Straus, University of New Hamshire, Emily M. Douglas, Bridgewater State University, Rose Anne Medeiros, Rice University. 
 - First Edition. 
 - xxix, 425 pages ;  23 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and indexes. 
<br/><br/>Prevalence and social causes of spanking -- The social and scientific context of research on spanking -- Corporal punishment in the United States -- Spanking in world perspective -- There was an old woman who lived in a shoe -- Approval of violence and spanking children -- Spanking and child behavior problems -- Chapter 6:the boomerang effect of spanking -- Impulsive spanking, never spanking and child well-being -- The child-to-mother bond and delinquency -- Spanking and risky sex -- Spanking and human capital -- Mental ability -- College graduation -- Spanking and crime -- What explains the link between spanking and assaulting a partner? -- Assault and injury of dating partners by university students in 32 nations -- Cultural context & the relation of spanking to crime -- Spanking high risk children and adult crime -- Sexual coercion and sexual assault -- Social trends in spanking -- The decline in approval of spanking -- Why everyone spanks toddlers and what to do about it -- Implications for crime and violence in society -- Obstacles to accepting the evidence -- A world without spanking -- References -- Appendix. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781848729520 9781848729537 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2013007416 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Violence--Psychological aspects.<br/>Corporal punishment of children.<br/>Child rearing.<br/>Child abuse.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BF575.A3  / S77 2014 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>362.7/874