@article{ref1,
title="Discipline, Docility and Disparity: A Study of Inequality and Corporal Punishment",
journal="British journal of criminology",
year="2010",
author="Gould, L. A. and Pate, M.",
volume="50",
number="2",
pages="185-205",
abstract="Corporal punishment as a sanction for criminal offenders has a long global history. While most North American and European countries have abandoned such methods, corporal punishment is still a mainstay of criminal justice in many parts of the world. Employing a Foucauldian framework, we posit that the distribution of social power plays a determinative role in the retention of corporal punishment practices. Using economic disparity as a proxy for social power, we find that countries with greater relative economic inequality are more likely to employ corporal punishment as a possible sanction against criminal offenders.<p />",
language="",
issn="0007-0955",
doi="10.1093/bjc/azp083",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azp083"
}