Corporal Punishment in U.S. Public Schools: Prevalence, Disparities in Use, and Status in State and Federal Policy

SamaelET · 2021-12-20T14:41:23+00:00

This study show that in most districts in US where corporal punishement is practiced, boys are 1.6 to 5 times more likely than to girls to face it. Black boys two times more than white boys to face it. (figure 4)

RhinoNomad · 2021-12-20T21:38:07+00:00

Here's the abstract:

School corporal punishment is currently legal in 19 states, and over 160,000 children in these states are subject to corporal punishment in schools each year. Given that the use of school corporal punishment is heavily concentrated in Southern states, and that the federal government has not included corporal punishment in its recent initiatives about improving school discipline, public knowledge of this issue is limited. The aim of this policy report is to fill the gap in knowledge about school corporal punishment by describing the prevalence and geographic dispersion of corporal punishment in U.S. public schools and by assessing the extent to which schools disproportionately apply corporal punishment to children who are Black, to boys, and to children with disabilities. This policy report is the first-ever effort to describe the prevalence of and disparities in the use of school corporal punishment at the school and school-district levels. We end the report by summarizing sources of concern about school corporal punishment, reviewing state policies related to school corporal punishment, and discussing the future of school corporal punishment in state and federal policy.

SamaelET · 2021-12-21T00:32:21+00:00

The map in Figure 4 clearly shows the prevalence of gender disparities in school corporal punishment. The majority of school districts for which a ratio could be calculated are red or dark-red, indicating gender disparities exceeding 3.0 (i.e., boys being 3 times as likely as girls to be corporally punished). [...]

Boys account for roughly 50% of the student population in both states. Differences in rates of misbehavior can explain some but not all of the differences in corporal punishment administered to boys versus girls. Although boys have been found to be twice as likely as girls to be referred to the school office for discipline for a range of misbehaviors (Skiba, Michael, Nardo, & Peterson, 2002), they are not twice as likely to be corporally punished, but rather four times as likely. It is clear that boys are grossly overrepresented among students who receive corporal punishment.

UnHope20 · 2021-12-21T00:29:12+00:00

Please mind Rule 3: and post either a quote from the abstract or from the main body of the article.

"All posts should include a comment from the OP with at least one quote of a key point from the study"

Title	Corporal Punishment in U.S. Public Schools: Prevalence, Disparities in Use, and Status in State and Federal Policy
Author	SamaelET
Upvotes	7
Comments	6
Date	December 20, 2021 2:40 PM UTC (4 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/Male_Studies
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