https://www.scmp.com/rss/509761/feed Angelika Poulsen is a PhD candidate at the Queensland University of Technology. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Intimate partner violence is indisputably a crisis in Australia. State and federal governments have invested heavily in family violence prevention. However, one area of violence prevention has until now been overlooked. A growing body of research has found a consistent link between experiencing corporal punishment from a parent – in the form of smacking – as a type of violence, and those children going on to be involved in partner violence in adulthood. I reviewed this literature, as well as the... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3132115/why-australia-should-ban-parents-smacking-children?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3132115/why-australia-should-ban-parents-smacking-children?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 03 May 2021 23:00:26 +0000