Dr. Murray Strauss This is Me

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1. 1. No Restraint on Restraining Orders by Stephen Baskerville, Ph.D.

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   Published on: 1/13/2008   Last Visited: 2/25/2008

   Indeed, among the college-educated, men are even less likely to initiate domestic violence than women, as a recent study by Murray Strauss of the University of New Hampshire shows.

2. 2. Daily Record - Morris County - Spanking shouldn't be crime, some in Morris say

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   Published on: 2/5/2007   Last Visited: 2/5/2007

   People once thought it was character building," said University of New Hampshire sociologist Murray Strauss, who has studied spanking since 1969.
   
   "Almost everyone has been spanked as a kid, and they say, 'Well, I've been spanked, and I turned out OK,' and most of them have spanked their own kids," he said.
   
   Strauss said his research has shown that spanking is traumatic and demoralizing and can lead to aggression, disruptive behavior in school and depression in adulthood, and it correlates with adult criminal activity.He based his conclusions on surveys of thousands of parents and children.

3. 3. uk-family.glam.com

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   Published on: 10/27/2005   Last Visited: 7/22/2008

   Yes, very recently, Murray Strauss who is the Co-Director of the Family Research Laboratory at the University of New Hampshire presented his new findings at the American Psychological Associations Summit on Violence and Abuse in Relationships this past February 2008.Strauss's findings show that spanking and other corporal punishment by parents is associated with an increased probability of three sexual problems as a teen or adult: (1)Verbally and physically coercing a dating partner to have sex, (2) risky sex such as premarital sex without a condom, and (3) masochistic sex, such as being aroused by being spanked when having sex.
   
   Strauss says, "These results, together with the results of more than 100 other studies, suggest that spanking is one of the roots of relationship violence and mental health problems.Because there is 93 percent agreement between studies that investigated harmful side effects of spanking, and because over 90 percent of U.S. parents spank toddlers, the potential benefits for prevention of sexual and relationship violence is large."
   
   He goes on to say, "...because other research shows spanking is not more effective than other discipline methods, there is no need to expose children to the harmful effects of spanking. ...The core of this study is that spanking by loving parents confuses love with violence, which increases the probability that violence will be part of making love."