Experience of Parental Corporal Punishment in Childhood and Adolescence and its Effect on Punitiveness

Kemme, Stefanie; Hanslmaier, Michael; Pfeiffer, Christian

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“…Punitiveness is a widely used concept in criminology and means the tendency to prefer stricter and retributive sanctions over milder ones when dealing with the violation of norms (Lautmann and Klimke, 2004). The concept of punitiveness can be applied in (at least) three different domains, which should be distinguished (Green, 2009; Kemme et al, 2014; Kury et al, 2004). First, judicial and legal punitiveness denotes the penal law and the judicial practice that deal with violations of the criminal law.…”

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“…Second, punitiveness is a macro phenomenon that refers to the (political) discourse about crime and sanctioning as it can be observed in mass media. Third, punitiveness means the longing for severe sanctions as an individual attitude (Hirtenlehner, 2011; Kemme et al, 2014; Simonson, 2011). The present paper focuses on this last domain.…”

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Re-examining the relationship between religion and punitiveness: Evidence from Germany

Hanslmaier

Baier

2016

European Journal of Criminology

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Research has shown that punitive attitudes are influenced by denominational affiliation, religious participation and images of God. However, most of the research so far has been conducted in the United States, which is very different compared with most European states with respect to the importance of religion. The paper analyses the relationship between religion and punitiveness outside the United States in a European context based on a German-wide representative survey ( N = 2265). Respondents who perceive God as loving are less punitive and support the death penalty less. The same holds for the frequency of praying and church attendance. Protestants and Catholics are also less supportive of the death penalty compared with non-affiliated individuals.

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Re-examining the relationship between religion and punitiveness: Evidence from Germany

Hanslmaier

Baier

2016

European Journal of Criminology

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“…Likewise, low parental educational levels have also been linked to more positive attitudes towards the physical punishment of children, [28] as well as with a higher frequency of physical punishment. [29,30] In Finland, acceptance of the physical punishment of children has declined steadily since the introduction of the law in 1983.…”

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A Decrease in Victimization From Physical Punishment in Finland in 1934–2014: An Evidence of an Emerging Culture of Nonviolent Parenting

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Björkqvist

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2018

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S ubsequent to the establishment of a Finnish law in 1983 [1] criminalising all types of physical punishment on children, in all situations, a significant decrease in victimisation from physical punishment was found in 2011. [2] A similar trend has been found in neighbouring Sweden, the first country to abolish physical punishment in all situations in 1979. [3] Decreasing trends regarding the physical punishment of children have also been reported in countries with incomplete legislation against it, like Canada, [4, 5] and parts of the US. [6-8] In order to establish whether the observed decrease in Fin-land reflects a permanent change in childrearing practices, a second survey was launched three years after (2014) the first one. [2] This approach was selected since, according to Cohen (1994), [9] the best way to secure the correctness of findings is to rely on the method of replication. Progress in International Legislation Against the Physical Punishment of Children A clear association between the existence of a law against physical punishment and how often children are being victimised has been reported. [10, 11] A study including six European countries showed that children in countries without

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“…Moreover, punitivity is a multilayered concept in which (at least) three facets have to be differentiated (Green, 2009;Kemme, Hanslmaier, & Pfeiffer, 2014;Kury, Kania, & ObergfellFuchs, 2004). Judicial and legal punitivity denote the penal law and the judicial practice that deal with violations of the criminal law.…”

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“…Punitivity as a macro phenomenon refers to the (political) discourse about crime and sanctioning as it can be observed in mass media. At the micro level punitivity means the longing for severe sanctions as an individual attitude (Hirtenlehner, 2011;Kemme et al, 2014;Simonson, 2009). In the present contribution, we focus on the explanation of micro level punitivity, that is, the attitudes of the population and their relation to the individual (micro) and regional (macro) economic situation.…”

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Rising punitivity in times of economic crisis? Assessing the relationship between the economic situation and the longing for harsher sanctioning

Hanslmaier

Baier

2016

International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justi

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This paper analyses if the economic situation is related to punitivity, that is, if adverse of economic patterns go along with a longing for harsher sanctions in the population. Several scholars have postulated that increased economic insecurities and anxieties may lead to the preference for harsher sanctioning. Empirical research, however, could not confirm the link between individual economic conditions and punitivity. We therefore introduce the concept of relative deprivation as mechanism between the economic situation and punitivity. Database is a nationwide representative survey (N = 3,073) with a multilevel design that allows to differentiate between the individual and the county level conditions. Our analyses confirmed the impact of the regional economic situation on punitivity. The objective individual situation, however, has no influence on punitivity, when we control for relative deprivation and education. Additionally, we find a significant impact of relative deprivation on punitivity. Relative deprivation itself is dependent on the individual economic situation as well as on the county level economic conditions. ARTICLE HISTORY

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Experience of Parental Corporal Punishment in Childhood and Adolescence and its Effect on Punitiveness

Cited by 19 publications

References 38 publications

Re-examining the relationship between religion and punitiveness: Evidence from Germany

Re-examining the relationship between religion and punitiveness: Evidence from Germany

A Decrease in Victimization From Physical Punishment in Finland in 1934–2014: An Evidence of an Emerging Culture of Nonviolent Parenting

Rising punitivity in times of economic crisis? Assessing the relationship between the economic situation and the longing for harsher sanctioning

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