Citation

Durrant JE. Youth Soc. 2000; 31(4): 437-455.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2000, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0044118X00031004003

PMID

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Abstract

Trends in the well-being of Swedish youth were examined to determine whether they have shown improvement or deterioration since the passage of the 1979 corporal punishment ban. Rates of youth involvement in crime, alcohol and drug use, rape, and suicide have decreased. Trends in rates of nonsexual assault are equivocal due to shifts in enforcement. Legal sanctioning of corporal punishment appears to be unnecessary to improve youth well-being.