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100			_aDebski, Sophie _91038
245			_aJust who do we think children are? : _bNew Zealanders' attitudes about children, childhood and parenting : an analysis of submissions on the bill to repeal section 59 of the Crimes Act 1961 _cDebski, Sophie; Buckley, Sue; Russell, Marie Louise
260			_c2009
300			_aComputer file : PDF format (122Kb); computer file : Rich Text format (141 Kb)
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500			_aThe full research report is available here: http://www.victoria.ac.nz/hsrc/reports/previous-reports_2007.aspx
500			_aSocial Policy Journal of New Zealand, April 2009, 34:100-112
520			_aA research project analysed a sample of the submissions to Parliament in 2006 on the Bill to repeal section 59 of the Crimes Act 1961. S.59 had provided a defence to parents accused of assaulting their children, the defence being that they used force for the purpose of correction. The project examined two particular contrasting social viewpoints of children -- children as "human beings" and as "human becomings" -- and whether these two viewpoints were implicated in people's views on the use of physical punishment. The research hypothesis was that people who advocate the use of physical punishment are more likely to conceptualise childhood as a phase of development, where the child is on his/her way to becoming an adult, unable to reason and in need of constant guidance from adults; in other words, that children are human becomings. Alongside this, we hypothesised that people who see childhood as a complete state in its own right, and see children as fully developed at whichever age and stage they are in, having full human rights and contributing to society -- the human beings view -- are more likely to reject physical punishment. We found that submitters expressing a view of children as human beings were more likely to oppose physical punishment and support repeal, whereas people who saw children as human becomings favoured physical punishment and opposed the Bill. There were also gender and location differences among the submitters. Lessons for parent education include the need to examine and address people's deepest beliefs and attitudes about children and childhood.
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650	2	7	_aATTITUDES _970
650	2	7	_aCHILDREN _9127
650	2	7	_aCHILDREN'S RIGHTS _9135
650	2	7	_2FVC _aCORPORAL PUNISHMENT _9158
650	2	7	_aCRIMES ACT 1961 _9166
650	2	0	_aCRIMES (SUBSTITUTED SECTION 59) AMENDMENT ACT 2007 _93634
650	2	7	_2FVC _aDISCIPLINE _9198
650	2	7	_aHUMAN RIGHTS _9303
650	2	7	_aLAW REFORM _9338
650	2	7	_aPARENTING _9429
651		4	_aNEW ZEALAND _92588
700	1		_aBuckley, Sue _9846
700	1		_aRussell, Marie Louise _92042
773	0		_tSocial Policy Journal of New Zealand, April 2009, 34:100-112
856	4		_uhttp://www.msd.govt.nz/documents/about-msd-and-our-work/publications-resources/journals-and-magazines/social-policy-journal/spj34/just-who-do-we-think-children-are.pdf
856	4		_uhttp://www.msd.govt.nz/about-msd-and-our-work/publications-resources/journals-and-magazines/social-policy-journal/spj34/34-think-children-are.html _zaccess the website
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