1. Theoretical Approaches to Corporal Punishment

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. I. Current State of Theory
5. 1. Theoretical Approaches to Corporal Punishment 3
6. 2. Corporal Punishment in Ecological Perspective 8
7. II. Comparative Theories
8. 3. Parent-Offspring Conflict and Corporal Punishment in Primates 21
9. 4. Putting Corporal Punishment of Children in Historical Perspective 41
10. 5. Grid-Group Theory and Corporal Punishment 55
11. III. Psychological Theories
12. 6. The Origins of Physical Punishment: An Ethological/Attachment Perspective on the Use of Physical Punishment by Human Parents 73
13. 7. Behavioral Theory and Corporal Punishment 91
14. 8. Behavior Analysis, Evolutionary Theory, and the Corporal Discipline of Children 103
15. 9. Spare the Rod and Spoil the Child: Lay Theories of Corporal Punishment 134
16. 10. Difficulties of Making Rational Choices Concerning Corporal Punishment of Children 152
17. IV. Sociological Theories
18. 11. Unintended Consequences of Punishment 165
19. 12. Moral Development and Corporal Punishment 170
20. 13. Corporal Punishment of Children: A Communication-Theory Perspective 183
21. 14. Conflict Theory of Corporal Punishment 199
22. 15. Punishment of Children from the Perspective of Control Theory 214
23. 16. Punishment, Child Development, and Crime: A Theory of the Social Bond 223
24. 17. Exchange Theory 245
25. 18. Corporal Punishment and the Stress Process 255
26. 19. Corporal Punishment and Black’s Theory of Social Control 277
27. 20. The Structure of Family Rules about Hitting: A Family-Systems Perspective 287
28. References 299
29. Contributors 333
30. Index 335