Referendum poses risk to child discipline law

Banks, Liz

Referendum poses risk to child discipline law Banks, Liz; Kern, Cathy - 2009

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This short article written by Plunket employees in New Zealand discusses the repeal of Section 59 of the Crimes Act in 2007, and the risks to positive parenting (without corporal punishment) posed by the referendum on whether smacking children should be a criminal offence.


DISCIPLINE
CHILDREN
CORPORAL PUNISHMENT
CRIMES (SUBSTITUTED SECTION 59) AMENDMENT ACT 2007
LAW REFORM
PARENTING


NEW ZEALAND