Eliminating Corporal Punishment: The Way Forward to Constructive Child Discipline

by Peter Newell

In at least 60 states, corporal punishment remains an authorised part of the school system. Research on corporal punishment has found it to be counter-productive and relatively ineffective, as well as harmful to physical, psychological and social well-being. This publication clarifies the human rights aspects of this matter - it includes the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child - and provides the main steps to be considered in the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9231039911
• ISBN13: 9789231039911
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: UNESCO
• Length: 162 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.