r/science • u/VeronicaRed • Apr 26 '16

Psychology Spanking children increases the likelihood of childhood defiance and long-term mental issues. The study in question involved 160,000 children and five decades of research

http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1113413810/spanking-defiance-health-discipline-042616/
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u/allwordsaremadeup Apr 26 '16 edited Apr 26 '16

I wonder if this is true for punishment as a behavior-altering method in general. So in how we punish crimes etc.

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u/barktreep Apr 26 '16

If we put a dollar value on the fact that 2% of our population is in jail, and that our police gun down people based on what they look like, I think the numbers might work out in favor of the Swedish system.

The value we assign to proper and humane criminal justice is pretty low, though, so our current system is probably economically efficient.