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ERIC Number: EJ217747
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1980-Mar
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Physical Punishment Must Be Abolished.
Ratliff, Roosevelt
Educational Leadership, v37 n6 p474-76 Mar 1980
The use of physical violence on students affronts democratic values and infringes on individual rights; furthermore, a study of school violence found a high correlation between physical punishment and violent behavior of students. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Corporal Punishment, Discipline Policy, Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education, Minority Groups, Student Behavior, Student Rights, Violence
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Non-Classroom; Opinion Papers; Information Analyses
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Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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