TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - Discipline, Docility and Disparity: A Study of Inequality and Corporal Punishment
JO  - British journal of criminology
A1  - Gould, L. A.
A1  - Pate, M.
SP  - 185
EP  - 205
VL  - 50
IS  - 2
N2  - 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 />
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SN  - 0007-0955
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azp083
ID  - ref1
ER  -