Author: Reuben Sungwa
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 9811915695
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 99
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This book examines educators and parents’ practices of corporal punishment of preschool-aged children in school and at home in Tanzania, considering why it is that many children in Tanzania are still subject to corporal punishment. It explores the attitudes of parents, teachers, and educational leaders about corporal punishment, in the context of existing government policies, laws, and regulations, using interviews, questionnaires and observation. Corporal punishment is widely and frequently used by both parents and teachers as a way of maintaining discipline, with most regarding it favourably as a means of behavioural modification. Furthermore, the book shows that the use of corporal punishment in Tanzania is influenced by cultural norms and religious beliefs, teacher qualifications and parents’ levels of education, past experiences of corporal punishment, and related beliefs about the practice. Crucially, there has not yet been a societal-level legal framework established to protect children from the harms involved.
Author: Reuben Sungwa
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 9789811915710
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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1. Introduction.- 2. Corporal Punishment in Tanzania.- 3. Corporal Punishment at Preschool and at Home.- 4. Legal and Constitutional Frameworks.- 5. Conclusion.
Author: Pernilla Leviner
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004355979
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 358
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Corporal Punishment of Children - Comparative Legal and Social Developments towards Prohibition and Beyond provides insights into the views and experiences of prominent academics, and political, religious, and human rights activists from Australia, Canada, Germany, Ireland, Israel, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, Sweden, the UK, and the US. Country-specific and thematic insights in relation to children's ongoing experience of corporal punishment are detailed and discussed, and key questions are raised and considered with a view to advancing progress towards societies in which children's human rights to dignity and optimal development are more fully recognised.
Author: Bernadette J. Saunders
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 9780470684399
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 284
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Providing a wide spectrum of views, the authors explore the fine line between normalized physical punishment and illegal or unacceptable physical and emotional abuse of children. It builds on the emerging field of research that provides opportunities for children to speak for themselves about their views and experiences. Provides observations from children, professionals and several generations from within individual families Discusses the power of language used by parents, professionals and the media to describe physical punishment Reflects upon the status of children in societies that sanction their physical punishment, motivations and justifications for its use, perceptions of its effectiveness, and its impact Presents a combination of personal, social, legal, and language factors which provide significant new insights and suggest ways to move forward
Author: Susan Bitensky
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9047431162
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 424
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The core of this book is a detailed analysis of the status of corporal punishment of children, including Areasonable spankings by parents, under international human rights law. The analysis leads compellingly to the conclusion that such punishment is indeed a human rights violation, consonant with modern norms about right and decent treatment of juveniles. The book further provides a comparative analysis between the domestic laws of the seventeen nations that ban all corporal punishment of children (Sweden, Finland, Norway, Austria, Cyprus, Denmark, Germany, Iceland, Bulgaria, Croatia, Latvia, Hungary, Romania, Ukraine, Israel, Italy, and Portugal) and examples of the domestic laws in the countries that still permit some physical chastisement of children (United States and Canada). Because it is anticipated that a good number of readers will be surprised to learn that this disciplinary practice has become a human rights law violation, the book also engages in an in-depth exegesis of the psychological evidence and historical and philosophical reasons warranting prohibition of all corporal punishment of children as an imperative policy choice. The work probes as well why, once that choice is made, it is essential to use legal bans on the punishment inasmuch as they have uniquely effective pedagogical and therapeutic roles and give some permanence to humanity’s hard won understanding about protecting the young from violence. Published under the Transnational Publishers imprint.
Author: Stuart N. Hart
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 180
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In at least 60 states, corporal punishment remains an authorised part of the school system. Research on corporal punishment has found it to be counter-productive and relatively ineffective, as well as harmful to physical, psychological and social well-being. This publication clarifies the human rights aspects of this matter - it includes the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child - and provides the main steps to be considered in the process of eliminating corporal punishment. It details practical steps for more constructive and effective child discipline practices.
Author: Desiree Gumpenberger
Publisher: Wolf Legal Publishers
ISBN: 9789462401020
Category : Children (International law)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Despite the growing consensus that corporal punishment violates children's fundamental human rights - the respect for human dignity and physical integrity - most of the world's children are still subjected to assault. Against this background, this book discusses and compares the characteristics of corporal punishment of children as laid down in international documents, such as the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. The book also looks at regional documents, including the European Convention on Human Rights, the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, and the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights. Each chapter starts with a short introduction, followed by an examination of a definition of corporal punishment, and shows the role of expert bodies who are monitoring the implementation and processes of standard-setting. Therefore, a distinction is made between the prohibition in alternative care settings, schools, and by parents, which leads to the question: "Is corporal punishment of children by their parents prohibited?" The second part of the book deals with a comparative study, analyzing the implementation of the previously discussed documents in the UK, Zambia, South Africa, and Belgium. Hence, the question is "How does the State implement the provision of the prohibition of corporal punishment in domestic law?" which is followed by the question "Has the specific State prohibited corporal punishment of children by their parents?" The book ends with a conclusion in which the above-mentioned countries are compared with each other.
Author: Murray Arnold Straus
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
ISBN: 1412817870
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 356
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Author: Mark Ensalaco
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 9780742529885
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 290
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Childrens human rights are regularly violated around the world. Child soldiers, child slavery, and child prostitution are some of the more graphic examples this books deals with, but hungry, sick, and orphaned children are equally at risk and more prevalent. In the United States, children suffer similar abuses, but some are unique to the United States justice system. Unlike most of the rest of the world, the U.S. is a well-developed western nation in which juvenile offenders can be tried as adults and subjected to capital punishment. This book brings together a wide array of original essays from a variety of academic and practitioner perspectives on human rights and the status of children. The details are disturbing the message, powerful We must vigorously extend the universal declaration of human rights to the most vulnerable humans of all--the children of the world, starting at home in the United States.
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Languages : en
Pages : 110
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