Kathy,
Murray Strauss is a Family Sociologist whose main area of research is family
violence. Besides his book, "Beating the Devil Out of Them" (1994) which has
been mentioned, You may want to look at:
Straus, Murray A. "Discipline and Deviance: Physical Punishement of Children
and Violence and Other Crimes in Adulthood", in Social Problems
38(1991):101-123
Giles-Sims, Jean, Murray A. Straus, and David Sugarman, "Child, Maternal, and
Family Characteristics Associated with Spanking", in Family Relations 44(April
1995): 170-176.
Priscilla Tait, MS, CNM, IBCLC
in western Michigan
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