Corporal punishment, religion, and United States public schools
This book examines corporal punishment in United States public schools. The practice--which is still legal in nineteen states--affects approximately a quarter million children each year. Justification for the use of physical punishment is often based on religious texts. Rather than simply disregardi...
| Main Author: | Fitz-Gibbon, Jane |
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| Other Authors: | SpringerLink (Online service) |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cham, Switzerland :
Palgrave Macmillan,
[2017]
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource. |
| Series: |
Palgrave pivot.
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Corporal Punishment in Public Schools: What are the Issues?
- 2. Data and Legal Issues
- 3. Religion, Education Pioneers, and Corporal Punishment
- 4. Corporal Punishment and the use of Sacred Texts
- 5. The Theological Tradition of Nonviolence
- 6. The Ethical Position of No Harm.