Parenting and public policy: Contextualizing the Swedish corporal punishment ban

Durrant, Joan E.; Olsen, Gregg M.

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“…The killing of infants due to postnatal depression is rare, arguably due to good surveillance of mothers (Somander & Rammer, 1991). In addition, parental leave allowances (parents can share a 12-month leave from work while being compensated at 75% of their salary) and extensive day care provisions for all children aged 1 year and older are seen to have reduced the extent of parental stress and of work-family conflicts (Durrant & Olsen, 1997). Durrant and Olsen regard it as significant that such provisions have taken place in a social and cultural climate that emphasises a collectivist approach to meeting children's needs and rights through public policy.…”

Section: Improved Services To Parents Both Before and After Childbirthmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…According to Belsey (1993) the Swedish rate of infant deaths from presumed abuse is now one of the lowest in the industrialised world. Whilst no specific strategies have been shown by research to be positively linked to the decrease, some important changes in laws, policies and programmes aimed at protecting children, promoting their well being and recognising their rights (Durrant & Olsen, 1997) are likely to have played a part. For example, in 1979 the Parental Code was changed, forbidding all physical punishment of children.…”

Section: Improved Services To Parents Both Before and After Childbirthmentioning

confidence: 98%

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Reducing homicide: A review of the possibilities

Brookman

Maguire

2005

Crime Law Soc Change

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This paper explores the potential for reducing homicide, with a particular focus on the United Kingdom. It draws upon data from the Homicide Index, international research on homicide, and the general crime reduction literature. Homicide is highly diverse in its characteristics, causes and dynamics, so effective strategies to reduce it are likely to require tailoring to specific forms. The paper focuses upon four important categories: domestic (partner) homicide; the killing of infants; alcohol-related homicide; and homicide involving guns and knives. Attention is also paid briefly to issues around 'dangerous' offenders and mental disorder, and to homicide victimisation in relation to specific occupations.

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Section: Improved Services To Parents Both Before and After Childbirthmentioning

confidence: 98%

Section: Improved Services To Parents Both Before and After Childbirthmentioning

confidence: 98%

Reducing homicide: A review of the possibilities

Brookman

Maguire

2005

Crime Law Soc Change

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“…In contrast, for example, the Swedish approach to the relationship between the state and the family reflects the view that child-rearing is a societal responsibility and that the state therefore has a major role to play in terms of the formulation of public policies which relate to family life (Durrant and Olsen, 1997). The focus which this provides on the rights of children, and the collectivist approach to social policy provisions that is a consequence of this, could scarcely be in sharper contrast to the current trend in family law in England and Wales, although it is interesting to note the signs of a possible change in the direction of this trend, as reflected in the recent Green Paper on the family which, while acknowledging just how much families have changed, argues that the family is at the heart of society, that marriage is the surest foundation for raising children, and that the interests of children should be paramount (Home Office, 1998: 4).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 93%

Sociological perspectives, family policy, family law and children: Adult thinking and sociological tinkering

James

Richards

1999

Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law

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In recent years, sociological theorizing as part of the analysis of modernization has paid increasing attention to notions of individualism in relation to marriage and domestic relationships. Carol Smart has analysed some recent developments in family law, especially the Children Act 1989 and the Family Law Act 1996, in the light of these theoretical developments. While welcoming this attempt to analyse developments in family law in the light of developing sociological theory, we believe that Smart S arguments are rooted in a sociological tradition, which, together with other disciplines, has failed to recognize suficiently the importance of children as social actors and the issues that arise from this, such as the rights of children, both in the context of law and family life. We argue that it is time for sociologists and policy-makers alike to give serious consideration to the implications of the issues in the light of recent developments, which make such recognition essential.

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“…One important characteristic of Swedish family policy relates to the idea that parental authority should be based on mutual respect between parent and child (Durrant & Olsen, 1997;Durrant, Rose-Krasnor, & Broberg, 2003;Haeuser, 1988). This fundamental approach to child rearing has its roots in the 1930s when the Swedish government initiated a progressive social policy program, prompted by concerns about the birth rate, the size of the work force and public health (Liljeström, 1978;Plantin, 2001, pp.…”

Section: Sweden As a Distinctive Settingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In Sweden, the so-called aga law prohibits parents from using any sort of physical punishment on their children (Durrant & Olsen, 1997). This law not only bans the use of physical punishment, it also legislates against any other treatment that may be humiliating or injurious to the child, such as threatening, scaring, ostracizing, ridiculing, or locking the child up (Statens offentliga utredningar, 1978).…”

Section: The Abolition Of Physical Punishmentmentioning

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Swedish parents' self‐reported use of discipline in response to continued misconduct by their pre‐school children

Palmérus

Jutengren

2003

Infant and Child Development

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This thesis examined two key aspects of intergenerational disagreements. The first aspect dealt with Swedish parents' preferences for discipline with respect to the national emphasis on child democracy. Parents of preschool children were interviewed so as to examine their responses to hypothetical situations typical of common child misbehavior and their use of three assertive disciplinary strategies (coercion, behavior modification, and verbal control) were examined. In Study I, Swedish fathers' preferences for discipline were compared with the preferences of fathers from the United States (U.S.). The results showed that fathers' overall references to assertive discipline were on the same level in the Swedish sample as they were in the U.S. sample. However, compared with the Americans, the Swedes mentioned using more verbal control and less behavior modification. The aim of Study II was to investigate how Swedish parents respond across initial and recurring episodes of child misconduct. Parents' overall reports of assertive discipline revealed no significant shifts across first-and second-time child transgressions. In terms of individual strategies, however, fathers did exchange verbal control for coercion and behavior modification, but only when faced with serious situations. Although more research is needed to find out the possible effects of the national family policy in Sweden, a general conclusion is that Swedish parents seem to employ a restrictive, rather than punitive, approach to parent-child conflict. The second aspect of this thesis focused on the links between parental authority and adolescents' psychosocial adjustment. The purpose was to address some of the limitations that developmental researchers have noted in widespread typology models of parenting styles. To separate adolescents' voluntary co-operation with parental expectations from parents' deliberate intentions to exert behavior control, in contrast with many previous investigations, Study III measured the strategies of firm control and monitoring by asking parents for their responses to hypothetical situations involving potential conflict. The results indicated little support for a direct association between parental use of firm control and monitoring on the one side and adolescents' psychosocial adjustment on the other. Attempting to add to the understanding of the links between parenting and adolescent psychosocial adjustment, Study IV examined adolescents' perceptions of how conflicts with their parents are usually resolved (i.e., conflict resolution schemas). The results revealed that adolescents with high and low levels of adjustment differed in their views of how conflicts with their parents were usually resolved. In particular, well-adjusted adolescents were more likely to see themselves as complying with parental expectancies on a voluntary basis. In conclusion, characteristics of the parent-adolescent relationship that promote adolescents' conflict resolution expectancies seem to be more important to adolescents' positive developme...

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Parenting and public policy: Contextualizing the Swedish corporal punishment ban

Cited by 42 publications

References 13 publications

Reducing homicide: A review of the possibilities

Reducing homicide: A review of the possibilities

Sociological perspectives, family policy, family law and children: Adult thinking and sociological tinkering

Swedish parents' self‐reported use of discipline in response to continued misconduct by their pre‐school children

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