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 rel
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Corporal Punishment, Religion, and United States Public Schools
Jane Hall Fitz-Gibbon
Corporal Punishment, Religion, and United States Public Schools
Jane Hall Fitz-Gibbon Ithaca, NY, USA
ISBN 978-3-319-57447-9 ISBN 978-3-319-57448-6 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-57448-6 Scripture quotations are from the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright © 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of Churches in the USA. Used by permission. Library of Congress Control Number: 2017940211 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: Pattern adapted from an Indian cotton print produced in the 19th century Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
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PREFACE
The ideas for this short book arose from the confluence of four streams of my life experience: research I carried out, but which in the end I did not use, for a book recently co-authored with Andrew Fitz-Gibbon (Welcoming Strangers: Nonviolent Re-parenting of Children in Foster Care, New Brunswick: Transaction Publications, 2016); my work over the last thirty-four years as a foster carer and teacher of foster care; a reworking of research for my Ph.D.; and my work in a school for children with special needs with a carefully worked out policy for nonviolent interventions. I completed the research and writing of this book during a very busy life as the abbess of a faith community, working full time in special education, and as a foster carer, often with a house full of demanding children. In all of that I am grateful for so many who have helped shape the thinking that resulted in this sho
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