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- Title
Spare the Rod, Spoil the Child? A Critical Discourse Analysis of State Corporal Punishment Policies and Practices.
- Authors
Dhaliwal, Tasminda K.; Graham, Jerome; Chiang, Yi-Chih; Johnson, Andrew S.
- Abstract
Corporal punishment (CP), or inflicting pain through spanking, hitting, and paddling, is still legally sanctioned and exercised in U.S. schools. We use critical discourse analysis and draw on state policy documents and data from the Office of Civil Rights to investigate which discourses pervade policy texts and how CP is practiced. These sources reveal discourses relating to morality, delinquency, and authority that draw on ideas associated with power, punishment, and control. Across all these discourses, we find color-evasive and deficit language to justify CP practices that are disproportionally applied to minoritized students. We conclude with policy implications for CP and school discipline more broadly.
- Subjects
CRITICAL discourse analysis; CORPORAL punishment; PUNISHMENT; SCHOOL discipline; INTERNATIONAL sanctions; CRIME
- Publication
Educational Evaluation & Policy Analysis, 2024, Vol 46, Issue 2, p249
- ISSN
0162-3737
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3102/01623737231213040