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Arch Dis Child 2000;83:196-198 ( September )
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The physical punishment of children

David Ellimana, Margaret A Lynchb

a Community Child Health, St George's Hospital, 2nd Floor, Clare House, Blackshaw Road, London SW17 0QT, UK, b Guy's, King's, and St Thomas' School of Medicine, Newcomen Centre, Guy's Hospital, St Thomas Street, London SE1 9RT, UK

Correspondence to: Dr Elliman email: DavidElliman@Compuserve.com

Accepted 5 June 2000

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    Introduction

In 1998 the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) joined "Children are Unbeatable!", an alliance of over 250 organisations supporting the outlawing of all forms of physical punishment (alliance details from 77 Holloway Road, London N7 8JZ). This article examines the evidence contributing to the College decision.


    Defining physical punishment

It is important to know what is meant by the terms "mild" or "severe" "physical punishment", "smacking", "spanking", etc. Paul Boateng, responding as Health Minister to the European Court of Human Rights' ruling on a case of repeated beating of a young English boy by his stepfather, said that "Any case of serious violence against a child ... would horrify parents". However, he went on to say that "... this has nothing to do with the issue of smacking. The overwhelming majority of parents know the difference between smacking and beating."1 Mr Boateng's confidence is misplaced. Juries, in a string of recent UK cases, . . . [Full text of this article]

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